(22543) Ranjan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sukrit Ranjan (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his earth and planetary science project. He attends the Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ranjan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ranjan is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22543 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FA75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 0.937° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.876 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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