(23059) Paulpaino Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Paul Paino mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Wheatley School, Old Westbury, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paulpaino is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paulpaino is 2.19 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23059 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XT45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.1 km (#4,062 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0146 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 1.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.887 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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