(21746) Carrieshaw Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carrie Elizabeth Shaw (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health project. She attends the Career Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carrieshaw is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carrieshaw is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21746 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RZ169 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 1.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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