(24734) Kareness Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 1992 by D. I. Steel at Siding Spring.
Karen Penelope Steel (b. 1953), elder sister of the discoverer, is a leading genetics researcher at the University of Cambridge.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kareness is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kareness is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24734 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 EA1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.37 km (#11,913 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.307 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 12.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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