(24484) Chester Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shai Matthew Chester (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials and bioengineering team project. He attends the Yeshiva University High School for Boys, New York, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Chester is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chester is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24484 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YV49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,542 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0835 |
| Inclination | 2.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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