(20271) Allygoldberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Allyson Molly Goldberg (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Allygoldberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Allygoldberg is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20271 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FK32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.95 km (#9,015 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0413 |
| Inclination | 2.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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