(24411) Janches Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Diego Janches (b. 1967) is a space weather scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He uses radar observations of microgram-size meteors to refine models for their mass influx, and has developed a meteor radar system in southern Argentina covering unsurveyed southern sky.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janches is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janches is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24411 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AU240 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.76 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Diego
All asteroids named after someone called Diego
Also discovered on 7 January 2000
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