(22183) Canonlau Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 December 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Canon Lau (b. 1965), a veteran amateur astronomer in Hong Kong since the 1980s, has put tremendous efforts into planetary observations and imaging. He was a book editor by profession and now he devotes all his energy to public astronomy education.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Canonlau is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Canonlau is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22183 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YE12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.26 km (#10,126 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.335 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.