(21924) Alyssaovaitt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alyssa Kurtz Ovaitt (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her engineering project. She attends the West Platte Middle School, Weston, Missouri.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alyssaovaitt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alyssaovaitt is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21924 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VN53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,391 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.252 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0719 |
| Inclination | 5.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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