(24026) Pusateri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lynne Pusateri mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Oak Grove School, Green Oaks, Illinois.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pusateri is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pusateri is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24026
Provisional designation1999 RN175
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period4.37 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.55
Orbital period3.45 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.34 au
Eccentricity0.0240
Inclination6.19°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.25 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Lynne

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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