(23679) Andrewmoore Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Moore mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Okemos High School, Okemos, Michigan.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andrewmoore is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrewmoore is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23679 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GM33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.98 km (#12,798 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 13.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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