(22554) Shoshanatell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shoshana Sophie Rothman Tell (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Pine Crest School, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shoshanatell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shoshanatell is 1.89 au from the Sun and 1.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22554 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FC118 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.46 km (#14,068 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.194 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 6.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.867 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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