(43500) Chandler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Colin Orion Chandler (b. 1978) is an American astronomer at the University of Washington. His 2022 Ph.D. dissertation at Northern Arizona University used public imaging databases to identify previously unknown cometary activity in main-belt asteroids and other minor planets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 38), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Chandler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chandler is 3.39 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43500 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 CP22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 2.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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