(22906) Lisauckis Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Rhonda Lisauckis mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Covenant Christian Academy, Huntsville, Alabama.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lisauckis is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lisauckis is 2.64 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22906
Provisional designation1999 TQ25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.55 km (#16,162 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.272
Absolute magnitude (H)14.87
Orbital period3.82 years
Semi-major axis2.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.25 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.0808
Inclination8.96°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Rhonda

Also discovered on 3 October 1999

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