(21516) Mariagodinez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maria Estela Godinez (b. 1989) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She attends the CBTIS No.139, San Francisco del Rincon, Guanajuato, Mexico.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mariagodinez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mariagodinez is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21516 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KS51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.65 km (#9,482 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.201 |
| Rotation period | 172 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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