(21560) Analyons Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ana Marie Lyons (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology project. She attends the Mecosta Osceola Math, Science & Technology Center, Big Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Analyons is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Analyons is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21560 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QC91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.53 km (#6,128 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.140 |
| Rotation period | 124 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0586 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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