(22531) Davidkelley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Bruce Kelley (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Highland High School, Highland, New York.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidkelley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidkelley is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22531 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FN43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.33 km (#16,556 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.392 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 6.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.779 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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