(21925) Supasternak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Susan Marie Pasternak (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany & zoology project. She attends the La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara, California.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Supasternak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Supasternak is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21925 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VW53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 5.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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