(24261) Judilegault Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Judith Legault mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Judilegault is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Judilegault is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24261 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XA130 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 6.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Judith
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