(21432) Polingloh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Po-Ling Loh (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Polingloh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Polingloh is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21432 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FJ115 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 393 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0965 |
| Inclination | 5.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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