(22038) Margarshain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Margaret Shain mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, New Albany, Indiana.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Margarshain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Margarshain is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22038 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XJ182 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.09 km (#16,935 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.254 |
| Rotation period | 4.72 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 5.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.982 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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