(20371) Ekladyous Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicholas Samir Ekladyous (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Imlay City Middle School, Imlay City, Michigan.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ekladyous is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ekladyous is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20371 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KE30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.90 km (#6,683 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 184 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0721 |
| Inclination | 6.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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