(22831) Trevanvoorth Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Trevor Will van Voorthuijsen (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his behavioral science project. He attends the van Voorthuijsen Home School, Lecanto, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Trevanvoorth is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trevanvoorth is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22831
Provisional designation1999 RF53
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.46
Orbital period5.09 years
Semi-major axis2.96 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 3.15 au
Eccentricity0.0652
Inclination9.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.80 au

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

Also named after someone called Trevor

Also discovered on 7 September 1999

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