(22572) Yuanzhang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yuan Zhang (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20060314/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yuanzhang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yuanzhang is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22572 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HJ39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.99 km (#17,044 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.213 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.964 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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