(22451) Tymothycoons Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1996 by Boattini, A., Di Paola, A. at Campo Imperatore.
Tymothy Alan Coons (b. 1955) is a pilot, flight engineer and inspector based in Tucson, Arizona, where he maintains various aircraft. One of his favorite jobs in Aereospace was at the Ballistic Missile Early Warning Site in Thule, Greenland: the purpose of this powerful radar was to look for objects in earth orbit.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tymothycoons is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tymothycoons is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22451 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VN6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.27 km (#12,119 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.267 |
| Rotation period | 2.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 15.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.