(23061) Blueglass Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Blueglass mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Blueglass is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Blueglass is 3.39 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23061 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XW46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 175 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 1.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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