(21622) Victorshia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Victor Andrew Shia (b. 1988) was awarded first place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He also received the MILSET Expo-Science Award. He attends the Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20060711/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Victorshia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victorshia is 1.80 au from the Sun and 0.817 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21622 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 LV22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,837 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.241 |
| Rotation period | 7.07 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 5.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.740 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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