(22889) Donnablaney Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Donna Blaney mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Takoma Park Middle School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Donnablaney is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donnablaney is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22889
Provisional designation1999 SU7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.01
Orbital period4.19 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 3.00 au
Eccentricity0.154
Inclination6.72°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.21 au

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

Also named after someone called Donna

Also discovered on 29 September 1999

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