(24152) Ramasesh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vinay Venkatesh Ramasesh (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton, Texas.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ramasesh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ramasesh is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24152 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VR185 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.98 km (#10,656 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0877 |
| Inclination | 2.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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