(23672) Swiggum Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Leslie Swiggum mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minnesota.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Swiggum is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Swiggum is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23672 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GR21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.17 km (#14,766 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 11.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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