(24999) Hieronymus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 July 1998 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Jerome van Aeken (Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450-1516), was a Dutch painter of the late Middle Ages who showed the depths of the human mind. In works such as The Temptation of St. Anthony he used symbols to depict vulnerability to the temptation of evil and the obsessive attraction of lust, heresy and obscenity.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hieronymus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hieronymus is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24999 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 OY4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.85 km (#13,120 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 8.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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