(22987) Rebeckaufman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rebecca Lynn Kaufman (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rebeckaufman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rebeckaufman is 3.04 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22987 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VO53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.28 km (#14,546 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.137 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0785 |
| Inclination | 2.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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