(29610) Iyengar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vinay Sridhar Iyengar (b. 1996) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematical sciences project. He also received the European Union Contest for Young Scientists. He attends the Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iyengar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iyengar is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29610 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RO60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.35 km (#16,513 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.383 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 3.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.862 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Vinay
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