(21926) Jacobperry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jacob P. Perry (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Winans Elementary School, Livingston, Montana.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jacobperry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jacobperry is 3.16 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21926 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VH54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0388 |
| Inclination | 0.506° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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