(24269) Kittappa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vasantha Kittappa mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Lancaster Catholic High School, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kittappa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kittappa is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24269 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XL157 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0581 |
| Inclination | 6.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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