(21952) Terry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bailey Holly Terry (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 Newcastle Middle School, New Castle, Wyoming.Naming citation (20051019/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Terry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Terry is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21952 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VD165 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,960 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 2.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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