(21411) Abifraeman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Abigail Ann Fraeman (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Abifraeman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abifraeman is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21411
Provisional designation1998 FY66
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.84 km (#10,932 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.300
Rotation period11.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.85
Orbital period3.83 years
Semi-major axis2.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.30 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.0616
Inclination7.92°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.30 au

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

Also named after someone called Abigail

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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