(20250) Burdanov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 March 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.

Artem Burdanov (b. 1988) is a native of Russia working as a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By employing synthetic tracking techniques to both ground-based and JWST data, he investigates the size-frequency distribution of small asteroids, all the way down to decameter sizes detectable in JWST images.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Burdanov is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burdanov is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	20250
Provisional designation	1998 EP11
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.99 km (#15,242 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.239
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.64
Orbital period	3.91 years
Semi-major axis	2.48 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.04 – 2.92 au
Eccentricity	0.179
Inclination	13.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.05 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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