(29690) Nistala Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Akhil Nistala (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematical sciences project. He attends the Novi High School, Novi, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nistala is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nistala is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29690 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XM94 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.14 km (#12,395 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.179 |
| Rotation period | 8.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0529 |
| Inclination | 8.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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