(23750) Stepciechan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stephanie Fulane Chan (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematical sciences team project. She attends the William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stepciechan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stepciechan is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23750 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KQ35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 5.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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