(21468) Saylor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charlotte Saylor mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Saylor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saylor is 2.89 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21468 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HD97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.88 km (#13,049 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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