(21412) Sinchanban Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sinchan Banerjee (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sinchanban is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sinchanban is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21412 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FJ67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.39 km (#16,471 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.407 |
| Rotation period | 2.87 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0384 |
| Inclination | 3.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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