(23234) Lilliantsai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lillian Lee Tsai (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lilliantsai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lilliantsai is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23234 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WO88 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 7.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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