21387 Wafakhalil

21387 Wafakhalil
Discovery
Discovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team, Socorro, New Mexico
Discovery date 20 March 1998
Designations
Main-belt asteroid
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 8091 days (22.15 yr)
Aphelion 2.6556340 AU (397.27719 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0812564 AU (311.35153 Gm)
2.368445 AU (354.3143 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1212563
3.65 yr (1331.4 d)
150.9424°
 16m 13.445s / day
Inclination 3.485594°
331.74046°
4.201040°
Earth MOID 1.0695 AU (159.99 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.66611 AU (398.844 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.534
Physical characteristics
14.8

    21387 Wafakhalil is a main-belt asteroid, discovered in 1998 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro, New Mexico. It is named after Dr Wafa Khalil (born 1945), a chemistry teacher at the MAST Academy in Miami, Florida[2] who was a finalist at the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Excellence in Teaching Awards.[3]

    References

    1. "21387 Wafakhalil (1998 FW16)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
    2. "Wafa Khalil, PhD.". Center for Precollegiate Education and Training, University of Florida. 1998. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
    3. "Exchanging Ideas a Goal of Intel ISEF Excellence in Teaching Awards" (PDF). Intel Education. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-07.

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