(22082) Rountree Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Robert Rountree mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Pittsford Middle School, Pittsford, New York.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rountree is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rountree is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22082 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AD165 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.55 km (#11,527 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.195 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 3.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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