(23307) Alexramek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alex Shlomo Ramek (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences team project. He attends the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, Cedarhurst, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexramek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexramek is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23307 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 AG20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.80 km (#17,210 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.343 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 7.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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