Discovered by Eric Walter Elst Alternative names 1998 SX146 Discovered 20 September 1998 Discoverer Eric Walter Elst Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 20 September 1998 Observation arc 10686 days (29.26 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site La Silla Observatory MPC designation 22740 | |
Aphelion 3.93811 AU (589.133 Gm) Perihelion 2.55138 AU (381.681 Gm) Named after John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh | ||
22740 Rayleigh (1998 SX146) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1998 by Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.
The asteroid was named in honour of the English physicist John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919).
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