(22809) Kensiequade Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mackensie Kathryn Quade (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the St. John the Baptist School, New Brighton, Minnesota.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kensiequade is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kensiequade is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22809 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RL13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.73 km (#15,798 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.412 |
| Rotation period | 6.29 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 2.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.910 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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