(20813) Aakashshah Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aakash Shah (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental science project. He attends the Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aakashshah is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aakashshah is 2.86 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20813 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SB274 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.43 km (#11,777 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.226 |
| Rotation period | 9.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 3.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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