(21817) Yingling Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Chelsey Ann Yingling (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yingling is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yingling is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number21817
Provisional designation1999 TG32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.04 km (#6,548 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0450
Absolute magnitude (H)14.44
Orbital period4.33 years
Semi-major axis2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.18 – 3.14 au
Eccentricity0.181
Inclination4.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.19 au

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

Also discovered on 4 October 1999

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