(22961) Rosegarcia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.

Rose Garcia (b. 1974), American engineer, was a Science Operations Planning Analyst for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission and is Deputy Instrument Scientist for the APEX asteroid mission. She was also an observer for the Catalina Sky Survey where she discovered two comets and many asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rosegarcia is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rosegarcia is 2.05 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	22961
Provisional designation	1999 UM14
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.9
Orbital period	3.62 years
Semi-major axis	2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.03 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity	0.140
Inclination	3.13°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.03 au

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

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