(21815) Fanyang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fan Yang (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry project. She attends the Davis Senior High School, Davis, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fanyang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fanyang is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21815 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TF29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.38 km (#11,878 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.278 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0803 |
| Inclination | 4.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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