(21449) Hemmick Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lucinda Hemmick mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Longwood High School, Middle Island, New York.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hemmick is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hemmick is 2.31 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21449
Provisional designation1998 HQ22
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.05
Orbital period3.49 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 2.41 au
Eccentricity0.0456
Inclination3.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.19 au

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

Also discovered on 20 April 1998

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