(22842) Alenashort Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alena Short mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the John Hancock Charter School, Pleasant Grove, Utah.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alenashort is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alenashort is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22842 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RC107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0656 |
| Inclination | 2.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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