(20379) Christijohns Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christine Elizabeth Johns (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Providence Christian School, Cape Coral, Florida.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christijohns is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christijohns is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20379 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KS47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.02 km (#7,615 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0769 |
| Inclination | 4.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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