(22148) Francislee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Francis Lee mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Miller Junior High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Francislee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Francislee is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22148 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WH46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.33 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0861 |
| Inclination | 6.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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