(22981) Katz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Scott Katz (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his materials science project. He attends the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway, Cedarhurst, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katz is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22981 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VN30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.66 km (#13,557 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.865 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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