(22139) Jamescox Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James Cox mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Kapa'a Middle School, Kapaa, Hawaii.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jamescox is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jamescox is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22139 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VU28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 5.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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