(22192) Vivienreuter Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Vivien Reuter (b. 1951) was IAU Executive Assistant from 2008 March until 2012 October, heading the IAU Secretariat in Paris. Her exceptional skills, as well as her proficiency in many languages, have been a great asset to the IAU. Name proposed by K. A. van der Hucht.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Vivienreuter is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vivienreuter is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22192
Provisional designation2571 P-L
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.39 km (#7,219 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0470
Rotation period192 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.99
Orbital period4.40 years
Semi-major axis2.68 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.35 – 3.02 au
Eccentricity0.126
Inclination7.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

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

Also discovered on 24 September 1960

More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.