(24060) Schimenti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jamie Schimenti mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, Tennessee.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schimenti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schimenti is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24060 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TQ100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0566 |
| Inclination | 6.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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