(22132) Merkley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Clark Merkley mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Springville Junior High School, Springville, Utah.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Merkley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Merkley is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22132 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UD21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,954 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0798 |
| Inclination | 2.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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