(24535) Neslusan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 February 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Luboš Neslušan (b. 1960) is a meteor astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. His research includes meteoroid stream origin and evolution. He maintains the International Astronomical Union's Meteor Data Center orbital database.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Neslusan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Neslusan is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24535
Provisional designation2001 CA28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.19
Orbital period4.30 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.40 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.0926
Inclination15.5°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.45 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 2 February 2001

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