(24153) Davidalex Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Alex Rosengarten (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidalex is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidalex is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24153 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VE188 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.61 km (#16,038 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0837 |
| Inclination | 3.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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