(24005) Eddieozawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eddie Ozawa mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the St. Martin of Tours School, Los Angeles, California.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eddieozawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eddieozawa is 2.69 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24005 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RB59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.36 km (#11,937 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.112 |
| Rotation period | 3.28 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0582 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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