(24129) Oliviahu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Olivia Hu (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Oliviahu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oliviahu is 2.13 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24129
Provisional designation1999 VJ62
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.31
Orbital period3.46 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.93 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.154
Inclination1.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.934 au

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

Also named after someone called Olivia

Also discovered on 4 November 1999

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