(21528) Chrisfaust Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christina Lynn Faust (b. 1987) was awarded first place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chrisfaust is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrisfaust is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21528 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MU33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.58 km (#13,749 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.288 |
| Rotation period | 3.92 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0522 |
| Inclination | 4.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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