(24134) Cliffordkim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Clifford Byungho Kim (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the North Allegheny Senior High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cliffordkim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cliffordkim is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24134 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VD70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.83 km (#15,609 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.153 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0732 |
| Inclination | 1.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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