(23792) Alyssacook Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alyssa Noel Cook (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Fairmont Private Schools, Santa Ana, California.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alyssacook is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alyssacook is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23792 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QU24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 6.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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