(23949) Dazapata Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Danielle Zapata (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the St. Gregory the Great Catholic School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dazapata is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dazapata is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23949 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UP21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.88 km (#10,845 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 9.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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