(21363) Jotwani Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pooja Sunil Jotwani (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the Charles W. Flanagan High School, Pembroke Pines, Florida.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jotwani is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jotwani is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21363 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 HX11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0383 |
| Inclination | 9.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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