(22533) Krishnan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sheela Krishnan (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her microbiology project. She attends the Suffern High School, Suffern, New York.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krishnan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krishnan is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22533 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FX47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 5.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.947 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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