(21850) Abshir Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Iftin Mohamed Abshir (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, & microbiology project. She attends the Littleton Academy, Littleton, Colorado.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Abshir is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abshir is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21850 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TF142 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0286 |
| Inclination | 2.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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