(20212) Ekbaltouma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ekbal Touma mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the John Cooper School, The Woodlands, Texas.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ekbaltouma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ekbaltouma is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20212 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GR8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0666 |
| Inclination | 8.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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