(21814) Shanawolff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shana Marie Wolff (b. 1989) was awarded first place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology team project. She attends the Cheyenne Central High School, Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shanawolff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shanawolff is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21814 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TQ27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.92 km (#12,951 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.241 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0748 |
| Inclination | 3.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Shana
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