(22109) Loriehutch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lorie Hutchinson mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Willow Creek Middle School, North Lehi, Utah.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Loriehutch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Loriehutch is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22109 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PJ22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.21 km (#16,767 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.397 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 6.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.839 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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