(24200) Peterbrooks Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Brooks mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterbrooks is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterbrooks is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24200 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XB40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.47 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 6.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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