(22758) Lemp Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicholas Andrew Lemp (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his earth and space science project. He attends the Lemp Home School, Waterford, Michigan.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lemp is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lemp is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22758 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WP18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.25 km (#16,690 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.418 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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