(21418) Bustos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Miguel Angel Bustos (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bustos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bustos is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21418 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FY71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.65 km (#15,960 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.276 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0852 |
| Inclination | 5.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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