(23769) Russellbabb Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Russell S. Babb (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 Mountain Ridge Junior High School, Highland, Utah.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Russellbabb is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Russellbabb is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23769 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MP33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.10 km (#7,514 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Rotation period | 3.03 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 8.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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