(22057) Brianking Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brian King mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Yearling Middle School, Okeechobee, Florida.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brianking is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brianking is 1.98 au from the Sun and 1.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22057 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AE52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 29.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 6.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.962 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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