(24280) Rohenderson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Robin Henderson mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Spring Valley High School, Columbia, South Carolina.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohenderson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohenderson is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24280 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XE172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 26.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 5.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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