22838 Darcyhampton
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | 7 September 1999 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 22838 |
| 1999 RF91 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 14387 days (39.39 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.9977228 AU (448.45295 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5662440 AU (383.90464 Gm) |
| 2.781983 AU (416.1787 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0775488 |
| 4.64 yr (1694.8 d) | |
| 152.99830° | |
| 0° 12m 44.671s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.889354° |
| 156.83437° | |
| 241.88353° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.57623 AU (235.801 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.33225 AU (348.900 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.323 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.6 | |
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22838 Darcyhampton (1999 RF91) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1999 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
References
- ↑ "22838 Darcyhampton (1999 RF91)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- http://www.ll.mit.edu/outreach/2006honorees.html#D
- (22838) Darcyhampton Discovered 1999 Sept. 7 by MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Near-Earth Asteroid Research program.
It was named after Darcy Hampton, a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for mentoring a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Alice Deal Middle School, Washington, District of Columbia.
External links
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 22838 Darcyhampton
- 22838 Darcyhampton at the JPL Small-Body Database
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