23327 Luchernandez

23327 Luchernandez
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team
Discovery site Socorro, New Mexico
Discovery date 20 January 2001
Designations
MPC designation 23327
2001 BE31
Main belt [2]
Orbital characteristics[3][2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 8622 days (23.61 yr)
Aphelion 2.59630 AU (388.401 Gm)
Perihelion 2.07644 AU (310.631 Gm)
2.33637 AU (349.516 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.111254
3.57 yr (1304.4 d)
90.7562°
 16m 33.564s / day
Inclination 5.75487°
146.358°
320.318°
Earth MOID 1.09662 AU (164.052 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.5081 AU (375.21 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.552
Physical characteristics
4.933 ± 0.007 hours [4]
15.2,[5] 15.4[2]

    23327 Luchernandez is a main belt asteroid discovered on January 20, 2001.[1] A rotation period of 4.933 hours was determined at Modra Observatory in 2008; however, a period of 5.49 hours also fits the data.[4] The asteroid was named for Lucero Hernandez, who won second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science team project.[6]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (20001)-(25000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
    2. 1 2 3 "23327 Luchernandez (2001 BE31)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    3. "(23327) Luchernandez". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
    4. 1 2 Galád; et al. (2008). "A Collection of Lightcurves from Modra: 2007 December- 2008 June". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 144–146. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..144G.
    5. Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
    6. "2007 Award Honorees". Lincoln Laboratory. Retrieved December 27, 2008.

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