(23217) Nayana Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nayana Ghosh-Choudhury (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nayana is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nayana is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23217 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UV104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,806 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Rotation period | 33.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 4.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 October 2000
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