(23900) Urakawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Seitaro Urakawa (b. 1975) is an astronomer who works at the Bisei Spaceguard Center.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Urakawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Urakawa is 2.80 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23900 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SO61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,616 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Rotation period | 7.93 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0360 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (12909) Jaclifford
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- (13328) Guetter
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