(21482) Patashnick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Harvey Patashnick mentored a finalist from Guilderland Central High School, Guilderland Center, New York in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He is an avid astronomer.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Patashnick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Patashnick is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21482 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HQ132 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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