(23718) Horgos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1998 by Sarneczky, K., Kiss, L. at Piszkesteto.
Horgos is a small town in northern Serbia, near the Hungarian border. The population is mainly Hungarian and numbers almost 8000. The second discoverer grew up there.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Horgos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Horgos is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23718 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 GO10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.94 km (#15,355 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Rotation period | 3.57 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 1.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.