(22596) Kathwallace Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kathleen Wallace mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kathwallace is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kathwallace is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22596 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HB114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.31 km (#16,580 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.435 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 7.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.953 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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