(22847) Utley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meredith Utley mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Powhatan Junior High School, Powhatan, Virginia.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Utley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Utley is 2.75 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22847 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RO121 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 2.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Meredith
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