(24124) Dozier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Benjamin Edward Dozier (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dozier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dozier is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24124 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VH36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 1.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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