(24218) Linfrederick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Linda Frederick mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Freedom High School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Linfrederick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Linfrederick is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24218 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XV70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 2.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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