(22184) Rudolfveltman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Rudolf Veltman (1951-2009) was a founding member of the Dutch Meteor Society. Because of a diving accident, he was paralyzed and wheelchair bound. Undeterred, he became leader of the DMS's visual meteor section and wrote articles about meteor showers and visual meteor observations for the society's journal Radiant.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rudolfveltman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rudolfveltman is 1.90 au from the Sun and 1.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22184 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YT15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.846 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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