(22633) Fazio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marc Fazio mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fazio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fazio is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22633 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KK64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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