(24397) Parkerowan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Parker Owan (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He is homeschooled in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Parkerowan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Parkerowan is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24397 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AT186 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.28 km (#14,540 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 8.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Parker
All asteroids named after someone called Parker
Also discovered on 8 January 2000
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