(24289) Anthonypalma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anthony Palma mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Appleton High School East, Appleton, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anthonypalma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anthonypalma is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24289 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XO190 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.43 km (#14,154 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.198 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 5.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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