(23798) Samagonzalez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Gonzalez (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the St. Gregory the Great Catholic School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samagonzalez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samagonzalez is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23798 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QL37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.97 km (#15,283 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.200 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0905 |
| Inclination | 4.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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