(23013) Carolsmyth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carol Smyth mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Walter Tresper Clarke High School, Westbury, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carolsmyth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carolsmyth is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23013 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VP168 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 3.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.963 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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