(22079) Kabinoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Richard Kabinoff mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Logger's Run Middle School, Boca Raton, Florida.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kabinoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kabinoff is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22079 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AU151 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 6.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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