(23064) Mattmiller Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Matthew Miller mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, Michigan.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mattmiller is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mattmiller is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number23064
Provisional designation1999 XE54
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.52
Orbital period5.24 years
Semi-major axis3.02 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.61 – 3.42 au
Eccentricity0.134
Inclination3.04°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.62 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Matthew

Also discovered on 7 December 1999

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