(24434) Josephhoscheidt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Joseph Hoscheidt (b. 1980) is a member of the Mountain Operations team for Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona. He supports operations at the Mt. Lemmon, Catalina, and Mt. Graham stations, and he is also a talented instrument technician and assistant in the Steward Observatory coating lab.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Josephhoscheidt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Josephhoscheidt is 2.30 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24434 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CY112 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.64 km (#6,029 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.242 |
| Inclination | 5.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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