Lawson is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Lawson as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Lawson orbits the sun every 1,200 days (3.29 years), coming as close as 1.80 AU and reaching as far as 2.62 AU from the sun. Lawson is about 3.1 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the island of Manhattan.
Lawson's orbit is 0.79 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a very wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
Lawson's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 26, 1995. It was last officially observed on April 16, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 2,127 observations used to determine its orbit.
The position of Lawson is indicated by a ◯ pink circle. Note that the object may not be in your current field of view. Use the controls below to adjust position, location, and time.
The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of Lawson to create an approximate landscape rendering with Mount Everest in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.