(23728) Jasonmorrow Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jason Charles Morrow (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering team project. He attends the Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jasonmorrow is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jasonmorrow is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number23728
Provisional designation1998 HV63
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.37 km (#14,302 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.325
Rotation period18.8 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.4
Orbital period3.80 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.22 – 2.65 au
Eccentricity0.0895
Inclination7.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

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

Also named after someone called Jason

Also discovered on 21 April 1998

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