(21488) Danyellelee Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Danyelle Lee Evans (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Danyellelee is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danyellelee is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21488
Provisional designation1998 HT150
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.15 km (#16,840 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.219
Absolute magnitude (H)15.93
Orbital period3.24 years
Semi-major axis2.19 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.29 au
Eccentricity0.0452
Inclination4.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 21 April 1998

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