(21751) Jennytaylor Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jennifer Ann Taylor (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Florence High School, Florence, Alabama, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jennytaylor is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jennytaylor is 2.05 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21751
Provisional designation1999 RT176
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.6
Orbital period3.67 years
Semi-major axis2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.71 au
Eccentricity0.140
Inclination1.53°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

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

Also named after someone called Jennifer

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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