(24818) Menichelli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 November 1994 by Tesi, L., Boattini, A. at San Marcello.
Marco Menichelli (b. 1942) lives in Fiesole, an old Etruscan town near Florence. An amateur astronomer on the San Marcello team, he wrote astronomical software, focusing on transient phenomena.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Menichelli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Menichelli is 3.65 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24818 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 WX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.94 km (#10,722 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 4.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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