(24015) Pascalepinner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Pascale Pinner mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Hilo Intermediate School, Hilo, Hawaii.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pascalepinner is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pascalepinner is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24015
Provisional designation1999 RK123
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.34
Orbital period3.47 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.02 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity0.116
Inclination6.16°
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 named after someone called Pascale

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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