(23164) Badger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Charles Griffiths Badger (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Birkdale School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Badger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Badger is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23164 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GR73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 9.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 1.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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