(24637) Ol'gusha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1981 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Olʹga Anatol'evna Sazonova (b. 1975), youngest daughter of the discoverer, graduated from Simferopol University with a mathematics degree. She lives in New York and is raising three children.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ol'gusha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ol'gusha is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24637 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 RW4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.95 km (#12,866 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.272 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 3.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 September 1981
- (3587) Descartes
- (4434) Nikulin
- (4524) Barklajdetolli
- (7381) Mamontov
- (7382) Bozhenkova
- (7736) Nizhnij Novgorod