(20273) Charlottebays Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charlotte Bays (b. 1992) is a British cosmochemist who studies the evolution of extraterrestrial organic matter and volatiles in astromaterials under experimental conditions to infer information about the primitive solar system environment and composition. Her notable contributions include work on JAXA Hayabusa2 samples and the Winchcombe meteorite.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charlottebays is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charlottebays is 1.90 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20273 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FO37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 4.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.840 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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