(22631) Dillard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Linda Dillard mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, California.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dillard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dillard is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22631 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KV47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.06 km (#15,066 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.432 |
| Rotation period | 4.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0992 |
| Inclination | 5.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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