(24325) Kaleighanne Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kaleigh Anne Eichel (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She also received the Seaborg SIYSS award. She attends the Strongsville Senior High School, Strongsville, Ohio, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kaleighanne is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaleighanne is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24325
Provisional designation2000 AB52
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.52 km (#16,228 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.367
Absolute magnitude (H)15.0
Orbital period3.72 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.19 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.0881
Inclination5.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.20 au

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

Also discovered on 4 January 2000

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