(22908) Bayefsky-Anand Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sarah Dana Bayefsky-Anand (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her zoology project. She attends the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bayefsky-Anand is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bayefsky-Anand is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22908 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TK27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 16.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0792 |
| Inclination | 6.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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