(23791) Kaysonconlin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kayson Levi Conlin (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Rocky Mountain Middle School, Heber City, Utah.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaysonconlin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaysonconlin is 2.12 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23791 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QX21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 15.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 5.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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