(22536) Katelowry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kate Elizabeth Lowry (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her space science project. She attends the Louisiana School for Math, Science & the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katelowry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katelowry is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22536 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FY61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.20 km (#8,635 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0668 |
| Inclination | 3.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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