(24224) Matthewdavis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Davis mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the North Allegheny Senior High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matthewdavis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matthewdavis is 3.25 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24224 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XU76 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.60 km (#8,120 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.112 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0616 |
| Inclination | 9.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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