(22137) Annettelee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Annette Lee mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annettelee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annettelee is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22137 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VM15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 1.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 1.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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