(320153) Eglitis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 2007 by K. Cernis at Moletai.
Ilgmārs Eglītis (b. 1951) was the head of the Baldone Observatory and director of the Institute of Astronomy of University of Latvia. He is known as the hunter of asteroids, the discoverer of many carbon stars, and as a specialist in the fields of stellar photometry and classification.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #4, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eglitis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eglitis is 3.26 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 320153 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 FU20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0513 |
| Inclination | 16.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.