(29638) Eeshakhare Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Eesha Khare (b. 1995) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She also received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. She attends the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Eeshakhare is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eeshakhare is 2.20 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number29638
Provisional designation1998 VX19
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.83 km (#15,610 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.242
Absolute magnitude (H)15.38
Orbital period3.45 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.06 – 2.51 au
Eccentricity0.0982
Inclination5.95°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.07 au

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

Also discovered on 10 November 1998

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