21561 Masterman
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | August 28, 1998 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 21561 |
| 1998 QR93 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.1302322 |
| Perihelion | 2.2359228 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1666574 |
| 1605.2705670 | |
| 72.31870 | |
| Inclination | 13.95728 |
| 57.90037 | |
| 334.07601 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.8 | |
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21561 Masterman (1998 QR93) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1998 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
It was named for Mary Masterman, a 2006 finalist of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. She also won the $100,000 first prize at the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search. In 2005, she attended the Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy, calculus, and physics through observations of an asteroid and calculation of its orbit.[1]
References
- ↑ "The Universal Times" (pdf). Summer Science Program. October 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.