(21441) Stevencondie Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Steven Condie mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stevencondie is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stevencondie is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21441
Provisional designation1998 FC144
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.64 km (#13,593 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.278
Absolute magnitude (H)14.49
Orbital period3.91 years
Semi-major axis2.48 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.11 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.151
Inclination5.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.10 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Steven

Also discovered on 29 March 1998

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