(22868) Karst Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carol A. Karst mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Sunburst Elementary School, Sunburst, Montana.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karst is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karst is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22868 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RX187 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.69 km (#11,257 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.116 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 1.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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