21709 Sethmurray

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21709 Sethmurray
Discovery A
Discoverer LINEAR
Discovery date September 7, 1999
Alternate
designations
B
1974 HF2; 1984 GG1; 1994 AA2; 1999 RK92
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.091
Semi-major axis (a) 337.985 Gm (2.259 AU)
Perihelion (q) 307.193 Gm (2.053 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 368.777 Gm (2.465 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1240.385 d (3.40 a)
Mean orbital speed 19.77 km/s
Inclination (i) 6.068°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
357.119°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
144.420°
Mean anomaly (M) 163.805°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions  ? km
Mass  ?×10? kg
Density  ? g/cm³
Surface gravity  ? m/s²
Escape velocity  ? km/s
Rotation period  ? d
Spectral class  ?
Absolute magnitude 14.4
Albedo (geometric) 0.1?
Mean surface
temperature
~185 K
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21709 Sethmurray is an asteroid. It was discovered on September 7, 1999 by MIT's Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research program (LINEAR).

It was named after Seth A. Murray as a reward for placing second in the microbiology category at the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona.