(22994) Workman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

David Workman mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Workman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Workman is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22994
Provisional designation1999 VH66
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.83 km (#13,144 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.251
Absolute magnitude (H)14.61
Orbital period4.99 years
Semi-major axis2.92 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.59 – 3.24 au
Eccentricity0.111
Inclination3.00°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.59 au

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

Also named after someone called David

Also discovered on 4 November 1999

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