(22744) Esterantonucci Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ester Antonucci (b. 1945) is a solar physicist who has spent most of her career studying the sun using spacecraft. She participated in the Solar Maximum and SOHO missions and, since 2005, has been director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino---the first woman to hold this position.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Esterantonucci is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Esterantonucci is 3.37 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22744 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TB34 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.23 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 4.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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