(22999) Irizarry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carmen Irizarry mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Irizarry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Irizarry is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22999 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VS81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,554 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0989 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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