(21802) Svoren Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 October 1999 by Kornos, L., Toth, J. at Modra.
Ján Svoreň (b. 1949) is an astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranská Lomnica. He has worked on physical properties of comets and compiled a catalogue of the magnitudes of the long-period comets observed during 1861--1957.Naming citation (20011230/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Svoren is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Svoren is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21802 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TE6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.26 km (#14,580 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0195 |
| Inclination | 8.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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