(23924) Premt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Prem Poothatta Thottumkara (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his physical science project. He attends the Macomb Junior High School, Macomb, Illinois.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Premt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Premt is 2.24 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23924 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SX140 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.971 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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