(20275) Chrishamann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christopher Hamann (b. 1983) is a German scientist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. He studies impact processes in meteorites, asteroids and on Earth, with an emphasis on mineralogical evidence of impact-generated shock and melting conditions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chrishamann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrishamann is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20275 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FR41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.06 km (#15,069 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.343 |
| Rotation period | 0.770 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.925 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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