Discovery[1]
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Discovered by | Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
Discovery site | Socorro, New Mexico |
Discovery date | January 20, 2001 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 23327 |
Alternate name(s) | 2001 BE31 |
Minor planet category |
Main belt [2] |
Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.5977 AU |
Peri | 2.0737 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.33572 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.112158 |
Orbital period | 1303.86 days (3.57 years) |
Mean anomaly | 93.761° |
Inclination | 5.755° |
Longitude of ascending node | 146.396° |
Argument of peri | 319.926° |
Physical characteristics
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Rotation period | 4.933 ± 0.007 hours [4] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 [5] |
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]
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