(22757) Klimcak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sophie Haruna Klimcak (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Palos Verdes Intermediate School, Palos Verdes, California.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klimcak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klimcak is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22757 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WF11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.07 km (#12,574 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0747 |
| Inclination | 3.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sophie
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