(22547) Kimberscott Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kimberly Megan Scott (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the Wellesley High School, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimberscott is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimberscott is 2.83 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22547 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FO78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,459 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0589 |
| Inclination | 5.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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