(22706) Ganguly Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shilpi Ganguly (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Trailwood Elementary School, Overland Park, Kansas.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ganguly is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ganguly is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22706 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RT56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.53 km (#13,873 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 3.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 September 1998
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- (11190) Jennibell
- (12898) Mignard
- (12900) Rishabjain
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