(21922) Mocz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lucia Mocz (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany & zoology project. She attends the Mililani Middle School, Mililani, Hawaii.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mocz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mocz is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21922 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VK49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.74 km (#13,352 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.381 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 7.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.931 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lucia
All asteroids named after someone called Lucia
Also discovered on 3 November 1999
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