(24236) Danielberger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Berger mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danielberger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danielberger is 2.57 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24236 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XS96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.91 km (#5,820 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0663 |
| Inclination | 4.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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