(22032) Mikekoop Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 December 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Michael Walter Koop (b. 1961), long-time president of the San Jose (California) Astronomical Association, is an electrical engineer by profession. His expertise in telecommunications has often been applied to meteors, observed from the ground and from aircraft.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikekoop is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikekoop is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22032 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XB151 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.78 km (#13,260 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.324 |
| Rotation period | 5.39 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 13.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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