(21919) Luga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melissa Pomaikai Akiko Luga (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, & microbiology project. She attends the Kamehameha Schools, Keaau Campus, Keaau, Hawaii.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Luga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Luga is 3.12 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21919 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VV47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.44 km (#8,330 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.117 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0557 |
| Inclination | 8.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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