(24059) Halverson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carl Halverson mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Mission Valley Middle School, Prairie Village, Kansas.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Halverson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Halverson is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24059 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TE94 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.31 km (#16,581 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0837 |
| Inclination | 6.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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