(23854) Rickschaffer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rick Schinco Schaffer (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the James Weldon Johnson Middle School, Jacksonville, Florida.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rickschaffer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rickschaffer is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23854 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RD40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.21 km (#10,225 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 4.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.975 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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