(21501) Acevedo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Tony Acevedo (b. 1950) is a multimedia graphic designer and media officer at the Arecibo Observatory.Naming citation (20080718/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Acevedo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Acevedo is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21501 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KC8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.57 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0722 |
| Inclination | 5.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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