(22527) Gawlik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Evan Scott Gawlik (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton, Texas.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gawlik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gawlik is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22527 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FG20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.79 km (#15,687 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 4.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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