(20308) Daohaili Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Daohai Li (b. 1988) is a Chinese astronomer working at Beijing Normal University. He is a dynamicist who has made important contributions in the dynamics of asteroidal and TNO populations and their interplay with white-dwarf populations. Daohai has also done work on prograde and retrograde irregular Jovian satellites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Daohaili is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daohaili is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20308
Provisional designation1998 FP109
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period6.86 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.13
Orbital period3.46 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.11 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity0.0789
Inclination7.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.11 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 31 March 1998

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