(22852) Kinney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Steve Kinney mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Woodcrest Christian School, Riverside, California.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kinney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kinney is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22852 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RN129 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.19 km (#16,794 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.368 |
| Rotation period | 41.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 4.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.942 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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