(21642) Kominers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Scott Duke Kominers (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project. He attends the Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kominers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kominers is 2.20 au from the Sun and 1.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21642 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NH41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 3.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.817 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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