(20272) Duyha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Duy Minh Ha (b. 1985) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Ulysses S. Grant High School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Duyha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Duyha is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20272 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FH33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.54 km (#16,174 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.359 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0925 |
| Inclination | 4.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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