(23980) Ogden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kristen Ogden mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Mountain Ridge Junior High School, Highland, Utah.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Ogden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ogden is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23980 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JA124 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,798 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.369 |
| Rotation period | 5.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 7.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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