(21543) Jessop Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Forrest Connell Jessop (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his zoology team project. He attends the Corvallis High School, Corvallis, Montana, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessop is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessop is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21543 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QQ24 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.67 km (#5,294 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.05 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0596 |
| Inclination | 8.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Forrest
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