(23816) Rohitkamat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohit G. Kamat (b. 1993) 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 Barbara Bush Middle School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohitkamat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohitkamat is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23816 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QF50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.19 km (#12,296 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.146 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 8.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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