(22725) Drabble Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
English writer Margaret Drabble (b. 1939) has, among other works, published seventeen novels, has edited The Oxford Companion to English literature and is a biographer of Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson. She became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Drabble is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Drabble is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22725 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SN62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.61 km (#13,678 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 5.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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