(222032) Lupton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1998 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Robert H. Lupton (b. 1958) is a British-American astrophysicist, a Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope builder and a principal author of the SDSS Moving Object Catalogue.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lupton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lupton is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 222032 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SW172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0884 |
| Inclination | 0.930° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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