(22945) Schikowski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Erin Marie Schikowski (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schikowski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schikowski is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22945 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TY216 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0670 |
| Inclination | 6.10° |
| 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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