(22936) Ricmccutchen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Richard Matthew McCutchen (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ricmccutchen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ricmccutchen is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22936 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TR172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0917 |
| Inclination | 5.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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