(23814) Bethanylynne Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bethany Lynne Johnson (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 Life Christian Academy, Harvest, Alabama.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bethanylynne is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bethanylynne is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23814 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QE49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.98 km (#10,652 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.163 |
| Rotation period | 10.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0694 |
| Inclination | 1.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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