(23044) Starodub Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Starodub mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, California.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Starodub is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Starodub is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23044 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XS25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.74 km (#13,345 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.289 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 4.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.815 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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