(22586) Shellyhynes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shelly Hynes mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Louisiana School for Math, Science & the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shellyhynes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shellyhynes is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22586 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HC96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 23.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 8.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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