(21559) Jingyuanluo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jingyuan Luo (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jingyuanluo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jingyuanluo is 2.14 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21559 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QE78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,825 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.246 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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