(23674) Juliebaker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Julie Baker mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliebaker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliebaker is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23674 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GJ23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 13.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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