(23668) Eunbekim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
EunBe Kim (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eunbekim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eunbekim is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23668 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FR4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,016 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.187 |
| Rotation period | 10.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 2.34° |
| 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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