(23818) Matthewlepow Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Brice Lepow (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his earth and space science project. He attends the Southfield School, Shreveport, Louisiana.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matthewlepow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matthewlepow is 2.34 au from the Sun and 1.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23818 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QZ50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.91 km (#12,974 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.220 |
| Rotation period | 6.53 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 5.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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