(23887) Shinsukeabe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Shinsuke Abe (b. 1970) is a pioneer in modern meteoroid and asteroid research. He has contributed to NASA's 1998-2002 Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign, the Hayabusa (MUSES-C) mission, and to the discovery of near-Earth objects by Pan-STARRS.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shinsukeabe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shinsukeabe is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23887 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SA24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.47 km (#11,700 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.267 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.82 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0548 |
| Inclination | 5.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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