(21387) Wafakhalil Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wafa Khalil (b. 1945), a 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Excellence in Teaching Award finalist, is a teacher at the MAST Academy High School, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wafakhalil is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wafakhalil is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21387 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FW16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.52 km (#16,218 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.401 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 3.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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