(21421) Nealwadhwa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Neal Wadhwa (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nealwadhwa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nealwadhwa is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21421 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FJ78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 4.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.866 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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