(24968) Chernyakhovsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexander Chernyakhovsky (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences team project. He attends the William Mason High School, Mason, Ohio, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chernyakhovsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chernyakhovsky is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24968 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BY12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,726 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.367 |
| Rotation period | 99.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0808 |
| Inclination | 5.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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