(22907) van Voorthuijsen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lorrie van Voorthuijsen mentored a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the van Voorthuijsen Home School, Lecanto, Florida.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where van Voorthuijsen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van Voorthuijsen is 2.68 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22907 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TL26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 9.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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