21655 Niklauswirth
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Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | L. Sarounová |
Discovery site | Ondrejov |
Discovery date | August 8, 1999 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 21655 |
Alternative names[1] | 1999 PC1 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.1143720 |
Peri | 2.1748424 |
Eccentricity | 0.1776312 |
Orbital period | 1570.8697906 |
Mean anomaly | 94.02951 |
Inclination | 13.39498 |
Longitude of ascending node | 293.48840 |
Argument of peri | 6.69322 |
Absolute magnitude | 13.3 |
21655 Niklauswirth (1999 PC1) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on August 8, 1999 by L. Sarounová at Ondrejov. The name refers to the influential Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth.