(24219) Chrisodom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christopher Odom mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chrisodom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrisodom is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24219 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XW71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.24 km (#14,632 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.244 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 1.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.804 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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