(21358) Mijerbarany Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Jeremy Barany (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Roseville Area High School, Roseville, Minnesota.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mijerbarany is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mijerbarany is 2.84 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21358 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GT15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.15 km (#14,823 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0537 |
| Inclination | 1.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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