(22860) Francylemp Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Francy M. Lemp mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Lemp Home School, Waterford, Michigan.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Francylemp is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Francylemp is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22860 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RA149 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.25 km (#16,694 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.264 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 0.487° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.928 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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