(22705) Erinedwards Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Erin Nicole Edwards (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her physical science project. She attends the John Hancock Charter School, Pleasant Grove, Utah.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Erinedwards is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Erinedwards is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22705 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RF53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.82 km (#9,199 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.131 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0390 |
| Inclination | 2.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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