21649 Vardhana
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | July 13, 1999 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 21649 |
| 1999 NQ59 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.2752545 |
| Perihelion | 2.1783475 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2011344 |
| 1644.6692910 | |
| 342.14522 | |
| Inclination | 14.44911 |
| 162.89230 | |
| 149.94324 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.8 | |
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21649 Vardhana (1999 NQ59) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 13, 1999, by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. It was named in honor of Anarghya Vardhana, for her second-place finish in the mathematics category at the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her work in number theory.[1]