(21404) Atluri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kamalakar Atluri (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry team project. He attends the Herricks Senior High School, New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Atluri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Atluri is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21404 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FD61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.48 km (#14,013 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 4.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.900 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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