(22835) Rickgardner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rick Gardner mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Three Oaks Middle School, Ft. Myers, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rickgardner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rickgardner is 3.07 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22835 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RT88 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 7.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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