(22583) Metzler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
William Metzler mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Highland High School, Highland, New York.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Metzler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Metzler is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22583 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HL86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.18 km (#14,764 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0999 |
| Inclination | 8.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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