(24140) Evanmirts Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Evan Neal Mirts (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, Missouri.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Evanmirts is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evanmirts is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24140 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VQ89 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 7.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.826 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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