(16222) Donnanderson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Donna Anderson for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Anderson is a teacher at the William Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Donnanderson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donnanderson is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16222 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DK55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.87 km (#17,171 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.153 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0223 |
| Inclination | 1.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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