(22855) Donnajones Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Donna Jones mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Jones Home School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Donnajones is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donnajones is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22855 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RG139 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 3.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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