(24065) Barbfriedman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Barbara Friedman mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Great Neck South Middle School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barbfriedman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barbfriedman is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24065 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TW120 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0984 |
| Inclination | 2.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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