(22322) Bodensee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1991 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.
Bodensee, Constance Lake, or Swabian Sea, is a border sea of the Alps, adjoining Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The river Rhine flows through it. It is an old cultivated and cultural landscape. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bodensee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bodensee is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22322 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RQ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.55 km (#13,832 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.267 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0649 |
| Inclination | 3.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Constance
All asteroids named after someone called Constance
Also discovered on 13 September 1991
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- (7767) Tomatic
- (7945) Kreisau
- (9761) Krautter
- (9762) Hermannhesse
- (9863) Reichardt
- (10096) Colleenohare
- (12729) Berger