(24149) Raghavan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Avanthi Raghavan (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raghavan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raghavan is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24149 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VL173 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 4.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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