(24538) Charliexie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charlie L. Xie (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charliexie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charliexie is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24538 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 DM5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0484 |
| Inclination | 5.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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