(22500) Grazianoventre Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 July 1997 by Sicoli, P., Testa, A. at Sormano.
Graziano Ventre (b. 1954) is an active member of the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano and from his personal observatory, near his home in Bellagio (Italy), he obtains astrometric positions of comets and pictures of deep sky objects.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grazianoventre is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grazianoventre is 3.13 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22500 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 OJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.51 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 1.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.