(23804) Haber Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Catherine Michelle Haber (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her behavioral science project. She attends the St. Martin of Tours School, Los Angeles, California.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haber is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haber is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23804 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QR39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 532 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 6.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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