(23040) Latham Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Robert Latham mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Latham is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Latham is 2.78 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23040 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XK22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.36 km (#8,429 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 5.48 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0125 |
| Inclination | 3.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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