(22064) Angelalewis Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Angela Lewis mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Madison Middle School, Titusville, Florida.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Angelalewis is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Angelalewis is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22064
Provisional designation2000 AQ99
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.62 km (#11,395 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.250
Rotation period5.16 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.16
Orbital period4.49 years
Semi-major axis2.72 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.44 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity0.105
Inclination9.62°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.44 au

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

Also named after someone called Angela

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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