(22998) Waltimyer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Waltimyer mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, Connecticut.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Waltimyer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Waltimyer is 3.58 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22998 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VY70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.86 km (#9,135 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 4.94 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 2.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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