(21409) Forbes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Andrew Forbes (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Forbes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Forbes is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21409 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FC65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 5.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.989 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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