(21407) Jessicabaker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jessica Leann Baker (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology project. She attends the Seneca High School, Seneca, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessicabaker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessicabaker is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21407 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FL64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.75 km (#11,111 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0669 |
| Inclination | 3.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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