(21413) Albertsao Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Albert Tsao (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his materials science project. He attends the Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Albertsao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Albertsao is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21413 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FS68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 3.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.981 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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