(22810) Rawat Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Radhika Rawat (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her physical science project. She attends the Summit Middle School, Boulder, Colorado.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rawat is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rawat is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22810
Provisional designation1999 RQ14
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period4.71 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.66
Orbital period3.51 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity0.121
Inclination3.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 7 September 1999

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