(21933) Aaronrozon Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aaron Alexander Rozon (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Kapa'a Middle School, Kapaa, Hawaii.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aaronrozon is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aaronrozon is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21933
Provisional designation1999 VL70
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.52 km (#11,585 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.125
Absolute magnitude (H)14.45
Orbital period5.03 years
Semi-major axis2.94 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.78 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity0.0532
Inclination2.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.77 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Aaron

Also discovered on 4 November 1999

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