(22913) Brockman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gregory Drew Brockman (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Red River High School, Grand Forks, North Dakota.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brockman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brockman is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22913 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TO32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.58 km (#11,467 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.122 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 2.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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