(22995) Allenjanes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Allen Janes mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Red River High School, Grand Forks, North Dakota.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Allenjanes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Allenjanes is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22995 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VM67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0848 |
| Inclination | 4.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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