(24028) Veronicaduys Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Veronica Duys mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School, Cocoa Beach, Florida.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Veronicaduys is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veronicaduys is 2.20 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24028 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RP182 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 4.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Veronica
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