(22566) Irazaitseva Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Irina Vladimirovna Zaitseva (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the Centereach High School, Centereach, New York.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Irazaitseva is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Irazaitseva is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22566
Provisional designation1998 HY31
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.19 km (#16,786 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.367
Absolute magnitude (H)15.45
Orbital period3.33 years
Semi-major axis2.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.95 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.127
Inclination2.62°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.932 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Irina

Also discovered on 20 April 1998

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