(23214) Patrickchen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Patrick Ming Chen (b. 1990) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Patrickchen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Patrickchen is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23214 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UQ73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.46 km (#14,066 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Rotation period | 7.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0412 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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