(22873) Heatherholt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Heather Holt mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Miami Lakes Middle School, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heatherholt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heatherholt is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22873 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RR194 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.42 km (#16,423 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.364 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 3.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.932 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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