(24316) Anncooper Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ann Simone Cooper (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the Lafayette Senior High School, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anncooper is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anncooper is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24316 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AQ11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.25 km (#14,609 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.168 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0917 |
| Inclination | 2.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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