(22899) Alconrad Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 October 1999 by Korlevic, K., Juric, M. at Visnjan.

Albert R. Conrad (b. 1953) has been a dedicated adaptive-optics (AO) scientist at several U.S. observatories. Using AO, he has co-discovered many satellites of asteroids and made disk-resolved studies of asteroids and planetary satellites for size/shape/pole and topography. He has developed many innovative AO techniques.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-06-20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Alconrad is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alconrad is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	22899
Provisional designation	1999 TO14
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.68 km (#9,437 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.181
Rotation period	4.03 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.89
Orbital period	4.79 years
Semi-major axis	2.84 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.60 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity	0.0855
Inclination	2.88°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.59 au

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

Also named after someone called Albert

All asteroids named after someone called Albert

Also discovered on 11 October 1999

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