(21009) Agilkia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1988 by E. W. Elst at Haute Provence.
Agilkia is the name of an island on the Nile in Egypt. It is also the informal name of the site on comet 67P where the Philae probe landed on 2014 Nov. 12.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-03-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Agilkia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agilkia is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21009 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 PN1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 3.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.931 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.