(23650) Cvancara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 February 1997 by M. Tichy at Klet.
Jaroslav Čvančara (b. 1948) is a Czech writer, historian and musician. He is a banjo player and the band-master of the country & western, folk and bluegrass music group Taxmani.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-12-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cvancara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cvancara is 2.27 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23650 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 CU5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0922 |
| Inclination | 5.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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