(24907) Alfredhaar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 1997 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Alfred Haar (1885-1933) was a Hungarian mathematician who worked on real and complex analysis and the calculus of variations. His fame rests mostly on the establishment of a measure on locally compact groups, now referred to as the Haar measure.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alfredhaar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alfredhaar is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24907 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 CO4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0674 |
| Inclination | 4.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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