(24547) Stauber Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Zachary Jason Stauber (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stauber is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stauber is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24547
Provisional designation2001 DV36
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.72 km (#17,264 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.313
Rotation period3.60 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.4
Orbital period3.80 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.78 au
Eccentricity0.141
Inclination6.43°
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 Zachary

Also discovered on 19 February 2001

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