(24517) Omattage Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 January 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Natalie Saranga Omattage (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She also received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. She attends the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Omattage is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Omattage is 1.97 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24517 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 BN71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 6.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.859 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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