(23002) Jillhirsch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jill Hirsch mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Chapin School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jillhirsch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jillhirsch is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23002 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VX92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.33 km (#16,559 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.358 |
| Rotation period | 6.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0564 |
| Inclination | 6.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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