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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. W. Juels |
| Discovery site | Fountain Hills |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1999 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 24105 |
| Named after | John Broughton |
| Alternate name(s) | 1999 VE10 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4368134 |
| Peri | 2.2445346 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0410734 |
| Orbital period | 1308.0062627 |
| Mean anomaly | 70.84473 |
| Inclination | 7.35631 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 310.78546 |
| Argument of peri | 163.44512 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
24105 Broughton (1999 VE10) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton (b. 1952) received a Shoemaker NEO grant in 2002 and accidentally discovered the PHA 2004 GA1 using a 0.5-m telescope he had just recently completed. He has also originated techniques for rigorous timing of minor-planet occultations from CCD drift exposures.
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