(22542) Pendri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kiran Reddy Pendri (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pendri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pendri is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22542 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FG71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 6.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.971 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Kiran
All asteroids named after someone called Kiran
Also discovered on 20 March 1998
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (11169) Alkon
- (11170) Bradenmilford
- (11173) Jayanderson
- (11174) Carandrews
- (11176) Batth
- (11685) Adamcurry
More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR
- (7904) Morrow
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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