(23844) Raghvendra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shubha Srinivas Raghvendra (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her behavioral science project. She attends the Challenger School, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raghvendra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raghvendra is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23844 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QB109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.67 km (#15,914 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.205 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 9.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.881 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 August 1998
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