(21722) Rambhia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Suraj Hitendra Rambhia (b. 1987) was awarded first place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health project. He attends the Jericho High School, Jericho, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rambhia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rambhia is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21722 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RX120 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.28 km (#16,644 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.592 |
| Rotation period | 48.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0921 |
| Inclination | 5.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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