(22989) Loriskopp Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lori Skopp mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Loriskopp is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Loriskopp is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22989 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VY61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.20 km (#12,267 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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