(21462) Karenedbal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Karen Nedbal mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Brearley School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karenedbal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karenedbal is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21462 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HC78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.46 km (#8,299 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 4.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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