(22505) Lewit Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 1997 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Since 1946 Karel Lewit (b. 1916) has worked in leading Prague teaching hospitals, developing and propagating modern methods of rehabilitation and manual medicine, teaching and training specialists in that field at home and abroad.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lewit is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lewit is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22505 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.37 km (#16,497 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.287 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0428 |
| Inclination | 4.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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