(22146) Samaan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fida Samaan mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Hunter's Creek Middle School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samaan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samaan is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22146 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WM23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.46 km (#8,296 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0877 |
| Inclination | 7.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (20896) Tiphene
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