(21754) Tvaruzkova Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Zuzana Tvaruzkova (b. 1987) was awarded first place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her botany project. She attends the Gymnazium Kromeriz, Kromeriz, Czech Republic.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tvaruzkova is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tvaruzkova is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21754
Provisional designation1999 RZ183
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.94 km (#17,090 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.355
Absolute magnitude (H)15.17
Orbital period3.58 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity0.108
Inclination7.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.11 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Zuzana

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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