(24296) Marychristie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mary Christie mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Bellevue High School, Bellevue, Washington.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marychristie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marychristie is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24296 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XW212 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,884 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.217 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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