(16938) Nalanimiller Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Nalani Leah Miller (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences project. She attended the Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nalanimiller is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nalanimiller is 3.16 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number16938
Provisional designation1998 FN121
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)13.74
Orbital period4.60 years
Semi-major axis2.77 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.37 – 3.16 au
Eccentricity0.144
Inclination9.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.40 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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