(24044) Caballo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cindy Caballo mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the St. Luke's Episcopal School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Caballo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caballo is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24044 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 SL17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.14 km (#16,861 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.422 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 7.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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