(21556) Christineli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christine Weizer Li (b. 1988) was awarded first place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences team project. She attends the Cookeville High School, Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christineli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christineli is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21556 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QE71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 12.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.233 |
| Inclination | 7.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.829 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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