(20338) Elainepappas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elaine Pappas mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elainepappas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elainepappas is 3.12 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20338 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HA86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0705 |
| Inclination | 0.979° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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