(24069) Barbarapener Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Barbara Pener mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Nipher Middle School, Kirkwood, Missouri.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barbarapener is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barbarapener is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24069 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TY172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0938 |
| Inclination | 3.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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