(20300) Arjunsuri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Arjun Anand Suri (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Clovis West High School, Fresno, California.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arjunsuri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arjunsuri is 2.20 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20300 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FE84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.70 km (#15,848 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.554 |
| Rotation period | 2.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0792 |
| Inclination | 7.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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