(23062) Donnamooney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Donna Mooney mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Academy of the Holy Names, Albany, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Donnamooney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donnamooney is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23062 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XN52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.20 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 0.878° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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