(24663) Philae Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1988 by E. W. Elst at Haute Provence.
Philae is an island (now submerged) in Lake Nasser, Egypt. It is also the name of the lander of the Rosetta space probe that landed on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 2014 November 12.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-02-03), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Philae is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Philae is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24663 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 PV1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.22 km (#14,672 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.297 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 4.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.913 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.