(22140) Suzyamamoto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Suzanne Yamamoto mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Mililani Middle School, Mililani, Hawaii.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suzyamamoto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suzyamamoto is 2.85 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22140 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VW32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.15 km (#14,833 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0981 |
| Inclination | 3.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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