(22782) Kushalnaik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kushal Ulhas Naik (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the H.B. DuPont Middle School, Hockessin, Delaware.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kushalnaik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kushalnaik is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22782 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GJ19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.87 km (#15,512 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.235 |
| Rotation period | 5.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0594 |
| Inclination | 4.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 April 1999
- (16039) Zeglin
- (17059) Elvis
- (17063) Papaloizou
- (17064) Ashnashah
- (17065) Shrilashah
- (17066) Ginagallant
- (17069) Adyantshankar
- (17070) Yanniksingh
- (17071) Spiride
- (17917) Cartan
- (17921) Aldeobaldia
- (17923) Strother
More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR
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- (8745) Delaney
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- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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