(23254) Chikatoshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Japanese planetary scientist Chikatoshi Honda (b. 1975) is a member of the Hayabusa (MUSES-C) and Kaguya (SELENE) mission teams.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chikatoshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chikatoshi is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23254 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YZ15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.05 km (#5,724 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 7.03 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 4.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 December 2000
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