(21403) hook
Asteroid (21403) hook |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.433 AU |
eccentricity | 0.148 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.072 AU - 2.794 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.35 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.79 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | LINEAR |
Date of discovery | March 20, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 FN 58 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(21403) Haken (1998 FN 58 ) is a main belt asteroid . It was discovered on March 20, 1998 as part of the LINEAR project in Socorro .
The asteroid was named after Ian Robert Haken (* 1986), a student at the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science in Denton, Texas for reaching the finals in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search with a chemistry project.