(23079) Munguia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Scott Miguel Munguia (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Munguia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Munguia is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23079 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XO97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.25 km (#8,577 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 1.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.974 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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