(22144) Linmichaels Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Linda Michaels mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Corner Lake Middle School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Linmichaels is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Linmichaels is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22144 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VM37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.18 km (#14,758 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.439 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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