(21798) Mitchweegman

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( 21798 ) Mitchweegman is an asteroid of the inner main belt, the New Mexico was discovered within the project Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR ) on 30 September 1999 at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System (IAU code 704) in Socorro. Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid it had already given on 23 October 1979 ( 1979 UQ1 ) at the Observatorio Cerro El Roble Chilean and 1998 ( 1998 HA105 ) at the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research.

( 21798 ) was Mitchweegman (* 1988) appointed on 22 August 2005 by Mitch Weegman, a student of Winona Senior High School in Winona, Minnesota, that he at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2005, a pre-university research competition, in the category environmental Sciences Team Project had received ( group project in the environmental sciences ) with his twin brother Matt the second prize. His project had the title A Nutritional Comparison of Historic Lesser Scaup Foods of the Zebra Mussel ( A nutritional comparison between the traditional food of Lesser Scaup and the zebra mussel ). After the overall winners in the team category in 2005 the asteroid ( 21633 ) Hsingpenyuan and ( 21634 ) Huangweikang were named.