(24297) Jonbach Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jon Bach mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the West High School, Iowa City, Iowa.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jonbach is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jonbach is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24297 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XZ213 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,523 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.312 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0517 |
| Inclination | 6.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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