(23904) Amytang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amy B. Tang (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Meadow Park Middle School, Summa Academy, Beaverton, Oregon.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amytang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amytang is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23904 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SE70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.82 km (#15,621 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 8.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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