(23315) Navinbrian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 January 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Navin Brian Ramakrishna (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology team project. He attends the National Junior College, Singapore.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Navinbrian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Navinbrian is 3.07 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23315 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 BN8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 8.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.