(22862) Janinedavis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Janine Davis mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Bonaire Middle School, Bonaire, Georgia.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janinedavis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janinedavis is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22862 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RG152 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0948 |
| Inclination | 1.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Janine
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