(21429) Gulati Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Abhi Gulati (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gulati is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gulati is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21429 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FG104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 53.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 9.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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