47221

47221 is a minor planet located in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by the LINEAR program on March 20, 2000. As with most minor planets, its orbit is primarily influenced by the Sun and Jupiter. The asteroid belt is a region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is populated by a great many irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets. The composition of 47221 is not precisely known, but asteroids in its region of the belt are typically rocky or metallic. Its orbital period, the time it takes to complete one revolution around the Sun, is approximately 3.5 years. The semi-major axis of its orbit is about 2.2 astronomical units. Further detailed study of 47221 would be required to determine its size, albedo, and spectral characteristics.