(24232) Lanthrum Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Drew Lanthrum mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Liberty High School, Hillsboro, Oregon.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lanthrum is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lanthrum is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24232 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XA92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 7.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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