(24450) Victorchang Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 August 2000 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.

As a youth Victor Chang (1936-1991) emigrated from China to Sydney, where he later trained as a heart surgeon. There in the 1980s he set up the first transplant center in Australia. His skill and technical improvements achieved the world's highest rate of patient survival.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Victorchang is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victorchang is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	24450
Provisional designation	2000 QC69
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.48 km (#11,661 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.127
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.42
Orbital period	5.09 years
Semi-major axis	2.96 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.62 – 3.30 au
Eccentricity	0.115
Inclination	2.40°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.62 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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