(22638) Abdulla Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Almas Ugurgizi Abdulla (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her mathematics project. She attends the Stone Middle School, Melbourne, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Abdulla is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abdulla is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22638 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MS31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.79 km (#11,030 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 4.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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