(23008) Rebeccajohns Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rebecca Johns mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Troy High School, Troy, Michigan.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rebeccajohns is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rebeccajohns is 3.16 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23008 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VA149 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.31 km (#14,451 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0639 |
| Inclination | 2.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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