(20277) Clementlee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Clement G. Lee (b. 1977) is an American engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A senior member of the Planetary Radar and Radio Science Group, he specializes in radar signal processing and receiver design, and supports operations of the Goldstone Solar System Radar.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Clementlee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Clementlee is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20277 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FL44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.55 km (#11,537 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.373 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Clement
All asteroids named after someone called Clement
Also discovered on 20 March 1998
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