(22848) Chrisharriot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christian Harriot mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Robert Frost Middle School, Rockville, Maryland.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chrisharriot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrisharriot is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22848 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RJ125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.42 km (#11,790 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 1.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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