(23975) Akran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Erkan Akran mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Lisa Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akran is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23975 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CU81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 4.39° |
| 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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