(22173) Myersdavis Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Myers Abraham Davis (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Myersdavis is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Myersdavis is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22173
Provisional designation2000 XE25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.74 km (#11,138 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.164
Absolute magnitude (H)14.01
Orbital period4.06 years
Semi-major axis2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.21 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.133
Inclination9.65°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 4 December 2000

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