(22929) Seanwahl Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sean Matthew Wahl (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his earth and planetary science project. He attends the Troy High School, Fullerton, California.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Seanwahl is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seanwahl is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22929
Provisional designation1999 TL126
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.24 km (#14,623 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.153
Absolute magnitude (H)15.14
Orbital period4.06 years
Semi-major axis2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.45 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.0387
Inclination4.96°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.44 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Sean

Also discovered on 4 October 1999

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