(22575) Jayallen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jay Allen mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the American Fork High School, American Fork, Utah.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jayallen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jayallen is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22575 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HC46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0848 |
| Inclination | 6.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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