(21929) Nileshraval Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nilesh Kaushik Raval (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, & microbiology project. He attends the Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, Michigan.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nileshraval is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nileshraval is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21929 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VP56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.15 km (#10,342 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.139 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0241 |
| Inclination | 3.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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