(22775) Jasonelloyd Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jason Eric Lloyd (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Bonaire Middle School, Bonaire, Georgia.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jasonelloyd is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jasonelloyd is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22775
Provisional designation1999 CV20
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.83 km (#7,838 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0550
Absolute magnitude (H)14.63
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.100
Inclination5.36°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

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

Also named after someone called Jason

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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