(22537) Meyerowitz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eric Allan Meyerowitz (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Northport High School, Northport, New York.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meyerowitz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meyerowitz is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22537 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FB62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.11 km (#6,456 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0716 |
| Inclination | 4.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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