(22843) Stverak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Janet Stverak mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Trailwood Elementary School, Overland Park, Kansas.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stverak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stverak is 2.94 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22843 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RF107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.01 km (#5,755 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0390 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 2.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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