(20415) Amandalu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amanda Jane Lu (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Robinson Middle School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amandalu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amandalu is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20415 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RL61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.26 km (#14,584 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.166 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 5.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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