(22675) Davidcohn Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

David Milton Cohn, III (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Rhoades School, Encinitas, California.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Davidcohn is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidcohn is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22675
Provisional designation1998 QZ39
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.18 km (#12,309 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.305
Absolute magnitude (H)14.1
Orbital period4.67 years
Semi-major axis2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.49 – 3.10 au
Eccentricity0.108
Inclination6.13°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.48 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called David

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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