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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | October 15, 1999 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 22945 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1999 TY216 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4536423 |
| Peri | 2.1452287 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0670629 |
| Orbital period | 1273.5918744 |
| Mean anomaly | 289.12989 |
| Inclination | 6.09651 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 171.73947 |
| Argument of peri | 87.33225 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
22945 Schikowski (1999 TY216) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1999 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. It is named after Erin Schikowski who was a young student when she drew acclaim for ground-breaking work on Supramolecular assembly, a crucial component in the field of genetic engineering. She was honored as a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search.