(24439) Yanney Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Michael (b. 1933) and Gail (b. 1936) Yanney are American philanthropists and community leaders, based in Omaha, Nebraska. They have contributed their time and resources to a number of worthy charitable and educational causes internationally, and have been widely recognized for their civic efforts.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yanney is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yanney is 3.16 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24439
Provisional designation2000 EM144
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter15.6 km (#2,995 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0480
Absolute magnitude (H)13.21
Orbital period5.87 years
Semi-major axis3.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.16 – 3.35 au
Eccentricity0.0288
Inclination14.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.18 au

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

Also discovered on 3 March 2000

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