(22627) Aviscardi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anthony Viscardi mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He is a member of the Josan Academy, San Diego, California.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aviscardi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aviscardi is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22627 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KM39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.66 km (#15,942 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.208 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 0.699° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.856 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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