(22756) Manpreetkaur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Manpreet Kaur (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Seabrook Intermediate School, Seabrook, Texas.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Manpreetkaur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manpreetkaur is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22756 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WA10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.84 km (#13,125 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 0.860° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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