(22025) Dorisdaou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Doris Daou (b. 1964) has worked to strengthen ties between NASA and the worldwide planetary defense community. Her efforts have advanced international and public understanding of NASA’s activities to safeguard Earth from potentially hazardous NEOs, and she was instrumental in promoting the concept of an International Year of Planetary Defense.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #1, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dorisdaou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dorisdaou is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22025 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XS118 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.26 km (#12,129 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.353 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 9.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Doris
All asteroids named after someone called Doris
Also discovered on 5 December 1999
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