(22944) Sarahmarzen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sarah Elizabeth Marzen (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 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sarahmarzen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sarahmarzen is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22944 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TB216 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0924 |
| Inclination | 3.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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