(22685) Dominguez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Isabella Rosa Dominguez (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Key Biscayne Elementary School, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dominguez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dominguez is 2.79 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22685 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QL51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.06 km (#12,587 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.323 |
| Rotation period | 17.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0618 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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