Discovery date 20 January 2001 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 20 January 2001 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 2001 BE31 Observation arc 8622 days (23.61 yr) Absolute magnitude 15.2 Discovery site Experimental Test Site MPC designation 23327 | |
Discovered by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team Aphelion 2.59630 AU (388.401 Gm) Discoverer Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research | ||
23327 Luchernandez is a main belt asteroid discovered on January 20, 2001. 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. 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.
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