(23851) Rottman-Yang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jaron Shalom Rottman-Yang (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, Tennessee.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rottman-Yang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rottman-Yang is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23851 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RZ34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 3.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.991 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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