(23069) Kapps Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Kapps (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences project. He attends the Thornhill Secondary School, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kapps is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kapps is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23069 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XR64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0421 |
| Inclination | 1.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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