(22830) Tinker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joel Jack Tinker (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Covenant Christian Academy, Huntsville, Alabama.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Tinker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tinker is 2.56 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22830 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RW52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.82 km (#6,763 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 1.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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