(24493) McCommon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Steven Richard McCommon (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McCommon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McCommon is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24493 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YT131 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.45 km (#14,094 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0352 |
| Inclination | 3.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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