(23855) Brandonshih Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brandon H. Shih (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Great Neck South Middle School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brandonshih is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brandonshih is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23855 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RD44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.82 km (#7,847 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0969 |
| Inclination | 5.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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