(24130) Alexhuang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexander Chi-Jan Huang (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexhuang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexhuang is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24130 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VW63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.960 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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