(22937) Nataliavella Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Natalie Avella Cameron (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Walter Tresper Clarke High School, Westbury, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nataliavella is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nataliavella is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22937 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TZ172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.21 km (#16,768 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.229 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0729 |
| Inclination | 3.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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