(22151) Davebracy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dave Bracy mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Bluffton Middle School, Bluffton, Ohio.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davebracy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davebracy is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22151 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WM56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 5.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0856 |
| Inclination | 1.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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