(21608) Gloyna Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tara Ellen Gloyna (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Temple High School, Temple, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gloyna is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gloyna is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21608 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GQ35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.98 km (#15,257 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 5.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.999 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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