(21446) Tedflint Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ted Flint mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Squalicum High School, Bellingham, Washington.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tedflint is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tedflint is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21446 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HV18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.83 km (#15,604 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.420 |
| Rotation period | 5.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 3.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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