(22722) Timothycooper Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Timothy P. Cooper (b. 1958) is the Director of the Comet and Meteor Section of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa. He has played a leading role in coordinating and publishing records of local observations, including compiling detailed accounts of bolides.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Timothycooper is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timothycooper is 3.23 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22722 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SE54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,475 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0320 |
| Rotation period | 10.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.251 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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