(23833) Mowers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christopher Scott Mowers (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his physical science project. He attends the St. Nicholas Catholic School, Gig Harbor, Washington.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mowers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mowers is 1.99 au from the Sun and 1.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23833 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QS90 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 6.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.854 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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