(24063) Nanwoodward Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nancy Woodward mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the James Weldon Johnson Middle School, Jacksonville, Florida.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nanwoodward is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nanwoodward is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24063 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TV116 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0803 |
| Inclination | 0.967° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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