(22923) Kathrynblair Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kathryn Blair Friedman (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Chapin School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kathrynblair is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kathrynblair is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22923 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TM97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.98 km (#17,056 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 5.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.822 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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