(24198) Xiaomengzeng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Xiaomeng Zeng (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the West High School, Iowa City, Iowa.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xiaomengzeng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xiaomengzeng is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24198 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XB39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 3.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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