(24410) Juliewalker Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Julie Emily Walker (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her electrical and mechanical engineering project. She attends the Leonardtown High School, Leonardtown, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Juliewalker is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliewalker is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24410
Provisional designation2000 AZ236
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.47 km (#14,038 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.279
Rotation period6.48 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.39
Orbital period3.36 years
Semi-major axis2.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.86 – 2.62 au
Eccentricity0.171
Inclination6.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.854 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Julie

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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