(23759) Wangzhaoxin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wang Zhaoxin (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences team project. He attends the Pudong Foreign Languages School, Shanghai, China.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wangzhaoxin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wangzhaoxin is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23759 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KS56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.80 km (#17,216 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 3.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.908 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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