(21465) Michelepatt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michele Patterson mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michelepatt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michelepatt is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21465 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HG90 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 4.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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