(9522) Schlichting Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Hilke E. Schlichting (b. 1982) is an assistant professor of planetary science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies the formation of planetary systems. She has combined both observation and theory to estimate the size distribution of the Kuiper belt population.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schlichting is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schlichting is 3.34 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9522 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DS |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.8 km (#2,714 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Rotation period | 6.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.65 |
| Orbital period | 6.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.34 – 3.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0618 |
| Inclination | 9.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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