(21453) Victorlevine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Victor Levine mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Victorlevine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victorlevine is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21453 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HA33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0915 |
| Inclination | 5.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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