(22434) Peredery Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Walter Volodymyr Peredery (b. 1938) is a retired Canadian geologist who studied the Sudbury, Ontario, area and developed the view that it is an impact basin. Name suggested by P. and R. Jedicke.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peredery is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peredery is 2.65 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22434 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 GE6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.37 km (#5,498 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 6.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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