23809 Haswell
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23809 Haswell is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1364.3487708 days (3.74 years).
The asteroid was discovered on August 17, 1998, by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory
's Near-Earth Asteroid Research
program, and named for youth-science award finalist John Douglas Reiji Haswell.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1364.3487708 days (3.74 years).
The asteroid was discovered on August 17, 1998, by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, located in Lexington, Massachusetts, is a United States Department of Defense research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security. Research and development activities focus on long-term technology development as well as...
's Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
The Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project is a cooperative project between the United States Air Force, NASA, and MIT's Lincoln Laboratory for the systematic discovery and tracking of near-Earth asteroids. LINEAR was responsible for the majority of asteroid detections since 1998 until...
program, and named for youth-science award finalist John Douglas Reiji Haswell.