(23006) Pazden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stan Pazden mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Madison High School, Madison, New Jersey.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pazden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pazden is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23006 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VX137 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.28 km (#14,533 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.164 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0229 |
| Inclination | 2.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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