(22838) Darcyhampton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Darcy Hampton mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Alice Deal Junior High School, Washington, District of Columbia.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Darcyhampton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Darcyhampton is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22838 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RF91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.90 km (#6,685 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Rotation period | 5.44 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0773 |
| Inclination | 4.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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