(21402) Shanhuang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shan Yuan Huang (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 Longwood High School, Middle Island, New York.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shanhuang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shanhuang is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21402 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FE58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.77 km (#17,234 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Rotation period | 3.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 2.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.999 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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