23327 Luchernandez
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro, New Mexico |
| Discovery date | January 20, 2001 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 23327 |
| 2001 BE31 | |
| Main belt [2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.5977 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0737 AU |
| 2.33572 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.112158 |
| 1303.86 days (3.57 years) | |
| 93.761° | |
| Inclination | 5.755° |
| 146.396° | |
| 319.926° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 4.933 ± 0.007 hours [4] | |
| 15.2 [5] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (20001)-(25000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- ↑ "23327 Luchernandez (2001 BE31)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- ↑ "(23327) Luchernandez". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "2007 Award Honorees". Lincoln Laboratory. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
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