(23014) Walstein Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eric Walstein mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Walstein is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Walstein is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23014 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VV173 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.19 km (#14,726 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.301 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 3.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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