(23753) Busdicker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elizabeth Wells Busdicker (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences team project. She attends the Port Huron Northern High School, Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Busdicker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Busdicker is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23753 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KP41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.11 km (#16,911 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.331 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0888 |
| Inclination | 3.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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