(23768) Abu-Rmaileh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Muhammad Akef Abu-Rmaileh (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Lisa Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Abu-Rmaileh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abu-Rmaileh is 2.34 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23768 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MT32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.100 |
| Inclination | 4.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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