(22120) Gaylefarrar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gayle Farrar mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Southern Middle School, Oakland, Maryland.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaylefarrar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaylefarrar is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22120 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SO102 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.60 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 4.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.892 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Gayle
All asteroids named after someone called Gayle
Also discovered on 24 September 2000
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- (19025) Arthurpetron
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- (19808) Elainemccall
- (19809) Nancyowen
- (19810) Partridge
- (19811) Kimperkins
- (19813) Ericsands
- (19815) Marshasega
- (19816) Wayneseyfert
- (19817) Larashelton
- (19818) Shotwell