(23999) Rinner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by at St. Michel sur Meu 54566 Bernasconi, L..
Claudine Rinner (b. 1965) is a very active French amateur astronomer. She works in Ottmarsheim on a survey for detecting minor planets. She also makes light-curve observations for determining their rotational periods.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rinner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rinner is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23999 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RA33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.17 km (#10,320 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 48.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 1.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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