(24409) Caninquinn Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Canin Quinn Christell (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He is homeschooled in Springfield, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Caninquinn is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caninquinn is 3.46 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24409
Provisional designation2000 AH235
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.16 km (#7,452 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0660
Absolute magnitude (H)14.56
Orbital period5.63 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.76 – 3.57 au
Eccentricity0.129
Inclination0.544°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.74 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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