(22736) Kamitaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nolan M.K. Kamitaki (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Waiakea Intermediate School, Hilo, Hawaii.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kamitaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamitaki is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22736 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SM137 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.25 km (#14,599 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0785 |
| Inclination | 5.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1998
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