(24131) Jonathuggins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jonathan Hunter Huggins (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Middlesex School, Concord, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jonathuggins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jonathuggins is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24131 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VG65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.79 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 1.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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