(23042) Craigpeters Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Craig Peters mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Americas High School, El Paso, Texas.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Craigpeters is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Craigpeters is 3.20 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23042 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XR22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0441 |
| Inclination | 2.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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