(23744) Ootsubo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Takafumi Ootsubo (b. 1970) is an associate professor at Tohoku University. He has studied interplanetary and cometary dust particles using mid-infrared spectroscopy, and has made a spectroscopic survey of cometary CO2 using AKARI satellite observations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ootsubo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ootsubo is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23744 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KX6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.56 km (#16,151 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.391 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.816 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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