(23995) Oechsle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Janet Oechsle mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Homer Intermediate School, Homer, New York.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oechsle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oechsle is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23995 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RX17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.79 km (#17,225 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.265 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 1.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.895 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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