(23669) Huihuifan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Huihui Fan (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her plant-science project. She attends the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huihuifan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huihuifan is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23669 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FB5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 2.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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