23262 Thiagoolson

23262 Thiagoolson 2000 YW44 (also known as 1998 HB138) is a minor planet. It is a classified as main-belt asteroid SPK-ID: 2023262. It was discovered 2000 December 30 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team in Socorro.

Name

It is named after Thiago David Olson (b. 1989) for his research in Nuclear Fusion and Neutron Sciences. As a 17-year old, Olson created a homemade nuclear fusion reactor.[1][2][3]

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