(24226) Sekhsaria Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anupama Sekhsaria mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sekhsaria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sekhsaria is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24226 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XM81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0356 |
| Inclination | 0.329° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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