(24146) Benjamueller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Benjamin Julius Mueller (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benjamueller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benjamueller is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24146 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VY158 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.21 km (#14,689 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.188 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0910 |
| Inclination | 5.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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