(22701) Cyannaskye Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cyanna Skye Edwards (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Buckner Fanning Christian School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cyannaskye is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cyannaskye is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22701 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RO38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.73 km (#15,794 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.452 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 3.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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