(23271) Kellychacon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kelly Michelle Chacon (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the American Heritage School, Plantation, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kellychacon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellychacon is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23271 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YO67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.80 km (#17,209 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.494 |
| Rotation period | 6.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 6.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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