- 22838 Darcyhampton
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Darcyhampton Discovery and designationDiscovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team Discovery site Socorro Discovery date September 7, 1999 DesignationsMPC designation 22838 Alternate name(s) 1999 RF91 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 2.9931813 Peri 2.5722059 Eccentricity 0.0756417 Orbital period 1695.4950273 Mean anomaly 280.34856 Inclination 4.88207 Longitude of ascending node 156.88938 Argument of peri 239.87458 Absolute magnitude (H) 14.9 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
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.
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