(22865) Amymoffett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amy Moffett mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School, Cocoa Beach, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amymoffett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amymoffett is 3.38 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22865 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RQ173 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 5.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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