(22858) Suesong Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sue Song mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Palos Verdes Intermediate School, Palos Verdes, California.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Suesong is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suesong is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22858
Provisional designation1999 RV143
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.7
Orbital period3.58 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.22 – 2.46 au
Eccentricity0.0497
Inclination5.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

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

Also named after someone called Sue

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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