(22487) Megphillips Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Megan Phillips mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the International Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Megphillips is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Megphillips is 2.78 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22487 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GP23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.61 km (#13,681 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 5.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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