(17822) Tonireland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Toni Ireland mentored a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Maryland.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonireland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonireland is 3.52 au from the Sun and 4.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17822 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FM135 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,798 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 4.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 4.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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