(24385) Katcagen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Thompson Cagen (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth and planetary science project. She attends the Horace Mann School, Riverdale, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katcagen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katcagen is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24385 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AM172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.99 km (#6,590 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 8.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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