(22292) Mosul Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Mosul is a city on the Tigris in northern Iraq , 400 km north of Baghdad. The area of Mosul was a part of Assyria from the 25th century BCE. Famous for its Grand Mosque, Mosul's craftsmen were admired for their metalwork, using gold and silver for inlay on bronze and brass.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mosul is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mosul is 3.39 au from the Sun and 4.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22292 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SM1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.37 km (#11,905 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.134 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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