(21405) Sagarmehta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sagar Viplov Mehta (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his materials science project. He attends the Wheatley School, Old Westbury, New York.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sagarmehta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sagarmehta is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21405 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FU61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 1.53° |
| 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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