(23280) Laitsaita Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lai Tsai-Ta (b. 1988) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences team project. He attends the Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laitsaita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laitsaita is 1.84 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23280 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YT116 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.55 km (#13,823 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.198 |
| Rotation period | 5.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 2.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.813 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lai
All asteroids named after someone called Lai
Also discovered on 30 December 2000
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- (23279) Chenhungjen
- (23281) Vijayjain
- (23283) Jinjuyi
- (23284) Celik
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