(23772) Masateru Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Masateru Ishiguro (b. 1971) is an assistant professor at Seoul National University who works on interplanetary dust particles, and in particular on dust grains ejected from comets and asteroids.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masateru is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masateru is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23772 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MU37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0791 |
| Inclination | 5.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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