(21748) Srinivasan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Harish Mayur Srinivasan (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He attends the duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Srinivasan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Srinivasan is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21748 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RH170 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 33.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 3.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.792 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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