(23017) Advincula Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Rigoberto Advincula mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Univeristy of Houston.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Advincula is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Advincula is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number23017
Provisional designation1999 VQ190
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period11.5 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.52
Orbital period3.99 years
Semi-major axis2.52 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.17 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.138
Inclination3.45°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 15 November 1999

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