(23888) Daikinoshita Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Kinoshita Daisuke (b. 1974), of the Institute of Astronomy at the National Central University, Taiwan, studies asteroids and comets. He has also worked on instrumentation and operations at Lulin Observatory, and has contributed to the development of astronomy in Taiwan.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daikinoshita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daikinoshita is 2.22 au from the Sun and 1.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23888 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SZ24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.98 km (#12,799 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.213 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 7.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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