(22666) Josephchurch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joseph Christopher Church (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Alice Deal Junior High School, Washington, District of Columbia.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Josephchurch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Josephchurch is 2.72 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22666 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QE24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.45 km (#14,113 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Rotation period | 5.22 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 5.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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