(21577) Negron Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Victor Negron (b. 1973), electronics technician and transmitter operator at the Arecibo Observatory, has made critical contributions to radar observations of minor planets.Naming citation (20080718/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Negron is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Negron is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21577 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SU24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.17 km (#14,776 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.279 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 5.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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