(24292) Susanragan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Susan Ragan mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Susanragan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susanragan is 3.07 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24292 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XV191 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0468 |
| Inclination | 5.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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