(20405) Barryburke Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Barry Burke, who works at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, has spent his career designing many of the world's best CCD sensors. They include the 2K × 4K sensors that are used in most of the leading ground-based observatories and the orthogonal transfer CCDs that are providing breakthrough technology for Pan-STARRS.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barryburke is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barryburke is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20405 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QP6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 3.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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