(20292) Eduardreznik Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Eduard Reznik (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Eduardreznik is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eduardreznik is 2.11 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20292
Provisional designation1998 FV70
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.68 km (#15,912 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.205
Absolute magnitude (H)15.27
Orbital period3.58 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.11 – 2.57 au
Eccentricity0.0964
Inclination2.70°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

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

Also named after someone called Eduard

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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