(23761) Yangliqing Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yang Liqing (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences team project. He attends the Shanghai Lu Wan Senior High School, Shanghai, China.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yangliqing is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yangliqing is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23761 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KJ63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0531 |
| Inclination | 6.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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