(21450) Kissel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stacy Kissel mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kissel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kissel is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21450 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HD23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0502 |
| Inclination | 8.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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