(23865) Karlsorensen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Karl Mikael Sorensen (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He is a member of the Home Educators of the New River Valley, Pearisburg, Virginia.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karlsorensen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karlsorensen is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23865 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RK65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.92 km (#9,060 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.201 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0596 |
| Inclination | 2.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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