(23675) Zabinski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Urszula Zabinski mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zabinski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zabinski is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23675 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GU23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.49 km (#13,993 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0626 |
| Inclination | 15.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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