(22555) Joevellone Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joseph Daniel Vellone (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his engineering project. He attends the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joevellone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joevellone is 2.32 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22555 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FU118 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.44 km (#16,367 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.469 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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