(22732) Jakpor Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Otana Agape Jakpor (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Woodcrest Christian School, Riverside, California.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jakpor is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jakpor is 2.79 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22732
Provisional designation1998 SZ122
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)13.87
Orbital period5.65 years
Semi-major axis3.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.55 – 3.80 au
Eccentricity0.198
Inclination1.31°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.53 au

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

Also discovered on 26 September 1998

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