(22958) Rohatgi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Abhinav Rohatgi (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his environmental science project. He attends the Garden City High School, Garden City, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohatgi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohatgi is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22958 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TC288 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0618 |
| Inclination | 3.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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