(24206) Mariealoia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marie Aloia mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Bayonne High School, Bayonne, New Jersey.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mariealoia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mariealoia is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24206 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XH48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 3.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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