(24455) Kanuchova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Zuzana Kaňuchová (b. 1979) is a researcher at the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. She has studied space weathering processes on planetary surfaces, and the relation of meteoroid streams to comets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kanuchova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kanuchova is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24455 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QF222 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.42 km (#5,470 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.151 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0443 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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