(21428) Junehokim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
June-Ho Kim (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Junehokim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Junehokim is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21428 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FR103 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0685 |
| Inclination | 3.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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