(22158) Chee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carmelita Chee mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Pinon Unified School District #4 Middle School, Pinon, Arizona.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chee is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22158 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WG101 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,951 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 9.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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