(22794) Lindsayleona Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lindsey Leona Precht (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Miami Lakes Middle School, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lindsayleona is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindsayleona is 1.91 au from the Sun and 1.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22794 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NH4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 1.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 2.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.914 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lindsey
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Also discovered on 13 July 1999
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