(22174) Allisonmae Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Allison Mae Gardner (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her zoology project. She attends the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Allisonmae is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Allisonmae is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22174
Provisional designation2000 XG28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.64 km (#13,603 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.278
Rotation period13.1 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.76
Orbital period4.21 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.40 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.0798
Inclination7.45°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.42 au

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

Also named after someone called Allison

Also discovered on 4 December 2000

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