(23220) Yalemichaels Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yale Stern Michaels (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Grant Park High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yalemichaels is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yalemichaels is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23220 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VO28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.09 km (#14,983 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.293 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0687 |
| Inclination | 3.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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