(24147) Stefanmuller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stefan Klein Muller (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stefanmuller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stefanmuller is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24147 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VH162 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.94 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 6.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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