(20267) Carrieholt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carrie Holt (b. 1992) is an American astronomer at the Las Cumbres Observatory who received her Ph.D. in 2023 from the University of Maryland. She has investigated the physical properties of comets and asteroids, with particular emphasis on understanding the evolution of distant activity in comets arriving from the Oort cloud.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carrieholt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carrieholt is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20267 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FU27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.69 km (#11,246 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Rotation period | 86.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.08 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0405 |
| Inclination | 4.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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