(22877) Reginamiller Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Regina Miller mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Reginamiller is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reginamiller is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22877
Provisional designation1999 RR200
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.76
Orbital period3.48 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.57 au
Eccentricity0.118
Inclination5.07°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

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

Also named after someone called Regina

Also discovered on 8 September 1999

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