(24523) Sanaraoof Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sana Raoof (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematical sciences project. She also received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. She attends the Jericho High School, Jericho, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sanaraoof is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sanaraoof is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24523 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 CV3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.55 km (#16,163 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.272 |
| Rotation period | 3.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 4.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sana
All asteroids named after someone called Sana
Also discovered on 1 February 2001
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- (24532) Csabakiss
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- (27593) Oliviamarie
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- (42175) Yuyang
- (42177) Bolin
- (43500) Chandler
- (43501) Oldroyd
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