(22656) Aaronburrows Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aaron Phillip Burrows (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Bradley Middle School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aaronburrows is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aaronburrows is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22656 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QV7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.22 km (#12,224 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 36.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 3.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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