(22138) Laynrichards Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Layne Richards mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Kamehameha Schools, Keaau Campus, Keaau, Hawaii.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laynrichards is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laynrichards is 3.42 au from the Sun and 4.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22138 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VD25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.45 km (#7,143 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 2.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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