(24121) Achandran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ashok Chandran (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Smithtown High School East, Saint James, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Achandran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Achandran is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24121 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VV33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,976 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.302 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00562 |
| Inclination | 1.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ashok
All asteroids named after someone called Ashok
Also discovered on 3 November 1999
- (13433) Phelps
- (16100) Hausknecht
- (16101) Notskas
- (17186) Sergivanov
- (20673) Janelle
- (20685) Sanchez-Cano
- (21913) Taylorjones
- (21914) Melakabinoff
- (21915) Lavins
- (21919) Luga
- (21921) Camdenmiller
- (21922) Mocz