(21703) Shravanimikk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shravani Mikkilineni (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry team project. She attends the Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shravanimikk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shravanimikk is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21703 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RM73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.58 km (#16,115 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.464 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 4.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.850 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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