(23238) Ocasio-Cortez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ocasio-Cortez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ocasio-Cortez is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23238 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WU111 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.32 km (#16,567 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 6.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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