(24387) Trettel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stephen Jerome Trettel (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the New Prague High School, New Prague, Minnesota, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Trettel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trettel is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24387 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AB174 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.92 km (#9,056 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 6.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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