(24204) Trinkle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maria Trinkle mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Smithtown High School East, Saint James, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Trinkle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trinkle is 2.75 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24204 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XZ46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0695 |
| Inclination | 1.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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