(24278) Davidgreen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Green mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Charles E. Jordan High School, Durham, North Carolina.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidgreen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidgreen is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24278 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XZ170 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 4.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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