(21914) Melakabinoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melanie Paige Kabinoff (b. 1990) 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 Logger's Run Middle School, Boca Raton, Florida.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Melakabinoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Melakabinoff is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21914 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VX34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 5.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.853 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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