(23054) Thomaslynch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Thomas Lynch mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Oyster Bay High School, Oyster Bay, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thomaslynch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thomaslynch is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23054 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XE42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.34 km (#14,377 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0848 |
| Inclination | 2.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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