(22582) Patmiller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Patricia Miller mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Patmiller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Patmiller is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22582 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HD82 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.93 km (#12,910 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 3.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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