(24156) Hamsasridhar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hamsa Sridhar (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her physics project. She attends the Kings Park High School, Kings Park, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hamsasridhar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hamsasridhar is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24156 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VZ188 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 3.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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