(21736) Samaschneid Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Leigh Schneider (b. 1986) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry project. She attends the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samaschneid is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samaschneid is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21736 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RW149 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.97 km (#8,983 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 2.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.870 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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