(21355) Pikovskaya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Olga Pikovskaya (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Midwood High School, Brooklyn, New York.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pikovskaya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pikovskaya is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21355 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FZ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 5.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 1.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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