(24024) Lynnejohnson Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lynne Johnson mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Life Christian Academy, Harvest, Alabama.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lynnejohnson is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lynnejohnson is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24024
Provisional designation1999 RY159
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.52 km (#13,911 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.172
Rotation period11.8 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.76
Orbital period3.78 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.05 – 2.80 au
Eccentricity0.156
Inclination7.56°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.07 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Lynne

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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