21410 Cahill

21410 Cahill
Name
Name Cahill
Designation 1998 FH65
Discovery
Discoverer LINEAR
Discovery date March 20, 1998
Discovery site Socorro, New Mexico
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.1303733
Semimajor axis (a) 2.2801899 AU
Perihelion (q) 1.9828218 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.5774598 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.44 a
Inclination (i) 1.74917°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 221.02712°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 46.56205°
Mean anomaly (M) 163.30584°

21410 Cahill is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 1.9828218 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1303733 and an orbital period of 1257.54 days (3.44 years).[1]

Cahill has an average orbital speed of 19.7250142 km/s and an inclination of 1.74917 °.

The asteroid was discovered on March 20, 1998 by LINEAR.

The asteroid is named for James Andrew Cahill, a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-01-05.