(22927) Blewett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Megan Marie Blewett (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Madison High School, Madison, New Jersey.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Blewett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Blewett is 2.83 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22927 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TW110 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.94 km (#15,354 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 4.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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