(24032) Aimeemcarthy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aimee McCarthy mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Episcopal High School, Jacksonville, Florida.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aimeemcarthy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aimeemcarthy is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24032 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RO212 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.72 km (#11,193 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.138 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 6.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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