(24480) Glavin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Daniel P. Glavin (b. 1974) is an astrobiologist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, with a research emphasis in organic chemistry. He specializes in the study of extraterrestrial amino acids found in meteorites and in spacecraft-returned samples from asteroids and comets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Glavin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Glavin is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24480 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WA191 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.59 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0388 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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