(23218) Puttachi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Arun Puttachi (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Shaker Senior High School, Latham, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Puttachi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Puttachi is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23218 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VN23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 5.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0560 |
| Inclination | 0.816° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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