21387 Wafakhalil
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team, Socorro, New Mexico |
Discovery date | 20 March 1998 |
Designations | |
Main-belt asteroid | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 8091 days (22.15 yr) |
Aphelion | 2.6556340 AU (397.27719 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.0812564 AU (311.35153 Gm) |
2.368445 AU (354.3143 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.1212563 |
3.65 yr (1331.4 d) | |
150.9424° | |
0° 16m 13.445s / day | |
Inclination | 3.485594° |
331.74046° | |
4.201040° | |
Earth MOID | 1.0695 AU (159.99 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.66611 AU (398.844 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.534 |
Physical characteristics | |
14.8 | |
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21387 Wafakhalil is a main-belt asteroid, discovered in 1998 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro, New Mexico. It is named after Dr Wafa Khalil (born 1945), a chemistry teacher at the MAST Academy in Miami, Florida[2] who was a finalist at the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Excellence in Teaching Awards.[3]
References
- ↑ "21387 Wafakhalil (1998 FW16)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Wafa Khalil, PhD.". Center for Precollegiate Education and Training, University of Florida. 1998. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ↑ "Exchanging Ideas a Goal of Intel ISEF Excellence in Teaching Awards" (PDF). Intel Education. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
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