(23003) Ziminski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mark Ziminski mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the South Brunswick High School, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ziminski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ziminski is 2.15 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23003 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VP106 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 1.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.941 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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