(24190) Xiaoyunyin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Xiaoyun Yin (b. 1990) 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 Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Xiaoyunyin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xiaoyunyin is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24190
Provisional designation1999 XT28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.39 km (#14,258 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.294
Absolute magnitude (H)14.62
Orbital period4.57 years
Semi-major axis2.75 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.59 – 2.92 au
Eccentricity0.0608
Inclination5.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.60 au

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

Also discovered on 6 December 1999

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