(22647) Levi-Strauss Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 July 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
French anthropologist and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009) introduced structuralism as the basis of human perception. Disillusioned with the study of philosophy at the Sorbonne, he went in 1935 to Brazil, where his research on Indian tribes culminated in Tristes Tropiques (1955) and La Pensée Sauvage (1962).Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Levi-Strauss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Levi-Strauss is 4.94 au from the Sun and 5.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22647 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 OR8 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.0 km (#3,730 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.54 |
| Orbital period | 7.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.98 – 4.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.247 |
| Inclination | 2.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.98 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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