(24922) Bechtel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marian Joan Bechtel (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her engineering project. She attends the Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bechtel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bechtel is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24922 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 EH33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.81 km (#13,186 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 5.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.815 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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