(22717) Romeuf Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
David Romeuf (b. 1969) is an amateur astronomer who worked as a student at the OCA Schmidt telescope in order to automate it, and is now research engineer at the Lyon 1 University (France). He has continued to work in pro-am astronomy and was project manager for the CLIMSO coronagraph at the Pic du Midi Observatory.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-01-16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Romeuf is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Romeuf is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22717 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SF13 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0824 |
| Inclination | 5.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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