(21403) hook

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Asteroid
(21403) hook
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.

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