(24268) Charconley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charles Conley mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton, Texas.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charconley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charconley is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24268 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XN156 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.76 km (#6,811 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00811 |
| Inclination | 4.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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