(23812) Jannuzi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Brigg Lowell Jannuzi (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his earth and space science project. He attends the Doolen Middle School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jannuzi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jannuzi is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number23812
Provisional designation1998 QR46
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.35 km (#9,959 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0430
Absolute magnitude (H)14.94
Orbital period4.51 years
Semi-major axis2.73 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.42 – 3.04 au
Eccentricity0.115
Inclination4.75°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.41 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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