156668

156668 is a minor planet in the asteroid belt, discovered on September 1, 1999, by astronomers at the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) in Flagstaff, Arizona. It is classified as a main-belt asteroid, orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid has a diameter of approximately 2.5 kilometers and completes one orbit around the Sun every 3.4 years. Its orbital eccentricity is 0.15, and its inclination to the ecliptic is 11.5 degrees. The absolute magnitude of 156668 is 15.5, indicating its brightness. The asteroid's rotation period is approximately 5.5 hours. As of now, no moons have been discovered orbiting 156668. The asteroid is named after the discoverer's observatory, the Lowell Observatory.