(24027) Downs Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Karen Downs mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Southfield School, Shreveport, Louisiana.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Downs is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Downs is 2.10 au from the Sun and 1.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24027 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RP176 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.81 km (#9,213 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 2.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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