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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Eugene M. and Carolyn S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1988 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10739 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1988 JB1 |
| Epoch January 4, 2010 | |
| Ap | 4.3925831 |
| Peri | 1.8962259 |
| Eccentricity | 0.3969523 |
| Orbital period | 2036.6013468 |
| Mean anomaly | 326.11322 |
| Inclination | 20.05048 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 149.79879 |
| Argument of peri | 83.82983 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
10739 Lowman (1988 JB1) is a Main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Eugene M. and Carolyn S. Shoemaker on Mary 12, 1988 and named after canopy ecologist Margaret D. Lowman.[1]
Lowman makes its closest planetary approaches to Mars but does not make particularly close approaches to it; from 1600 to 2400 it comes within 100 Gm only nine times, with the nearest pass being 81 Gm in 1809.
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