(24413) Britneyschmidt Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Britney Elyce Schmidt (b. 1982) is an assistant professor in the department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech University. Her research on thermal evolution formation scenarios for the largest asteroids reveals new implications for their past and present hydrospheres.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Britneyschmidt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Britneyschmidt is 3.16 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24413 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AN243 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.1 km (#4,042 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.08 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0398 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Britney
All asteroids named after someone called Britney
Also discovered on 7 January 2000
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- (14702) Benclark
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- (16198) Buzios
- (17210) Nadinemeister
- (17211) Brianfisher
- (17216) Scottstuart
- (17217) Pollner
- (18887) Yiliuchen
- (23135) Pheidas
- (24385) Katcagen
- (24386) McLindon