(24369) Evanichols Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Eva Megan Nichols (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry team project. She attends the Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Evanichols is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evanichols is 2.86 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24369
Provisional designation2000 AE132
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.43
Orbital period5.52 years
Semi-major axis3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.86 – 3.39 au
Eccentricity0.0853
Inclination6.29°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.87 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Eva

Also discovered on 3 January 2000

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