(23216) Mikehagler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael David Hagler (b. 1989) was awarded first place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Rambam Mesivta High School, Lawrence, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikehagler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikehagler is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23216 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UX79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.66 km (#13,542 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 2.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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