(22910) Ruiwang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rui Wang (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Fairport High School, Fairport, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ruiwang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ruiwang is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22910 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TM30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.49 km (#11,651 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 0.820° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Rui
All asteroids named after someone called Rui
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