(24051) Hadinger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melisa Hadinger mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Emily Gray Junior High School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hadinger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hadinger is 2.00 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24051 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TW28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.71 km (#17,267 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.315 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 2.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Melisa
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Also discovered on 4 October 1999
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