Discovery date 28 August 1998 Observation arc 22302 days (61.06 yr) Absolute magnitude 13 Discovery site Experimental Test Site MPC designation 21561 | Alternative names 1998 QR93 Discovered 28 August 1998 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team Aphelion 3.1302623 AU (468.28057 Gm) Perihelion 2.2349703 AU (334.34680 Gm) Discoverer Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research | ||
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.
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