(21913) Taylorjones Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Taylor Wesley Jones (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, & microbiology project. He attends the Heritage Middle School, Maryville, Tennessee.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taylorjones is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taylorjones is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21913 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VK28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.60 km (#13,719 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.313 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0540 |
| Inclination | 1.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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