(22983) Schlingheyde Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Catherine Schlingheyde (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Oyster Bay High School, Oyster Bay, New York.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schlingheyde is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schlingheyde is 3.23 au from the Sun and 4.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22983 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VY34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,500 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0976 |
| Inclination | 0.762° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Catherine
- (10465) Olkin
- (15008) Delahodde
- (16972) Neish
- (23804) Haber
- (23867) Cathsoto
- (25693) Ishitani
- (28169) Cathconte
- (28640) Cathywong
- (30259) Catherineli
- (32264) Cathjesslai
- (33334) Turon
- (33441) Catherineprato
All asteroids named after someone called Catherine
Also discovered on 3 November 1999
- (13433) Phelps
- (16100) Hausknecht
- (16101) Notskas
- (17186) Sergivanov
- (20673) Janelle
- (20685) Sanchez-Cano
- (21913) Taylorjones
- (21914) Melakabinoff
- (21915) Lavins
- (21919) Luga
- (21921) Camdenmiller
- (21922) Mocz