(21636) Huertas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Johiry Huertas (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology project. She attends the Jose Santos Alegria, Dorado, Puerto Rico.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huertas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huertas is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21636 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NS34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 3.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.882 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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