(23270) Kellerman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tanja Kellerman (b. 1988) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Citrusdal High, Citrusdal, Western Cape, South Africa.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kellerman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellerman is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23270 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YN62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.51 km (#9,698 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 3.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tanja
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