(20320) Eloypena Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eloy Peña-Asensio (b. 1991) is a Spanish planetary scientist and aerospace engineer. He specializes in near-Earth objects, fireballs, and meteoroids. Eloy is a science team member of ESA’s LUMIO mission to observe meteoroid impacts on the far side of the Moon. He co-authored the first Spanish book on planetary defense from an interdisciplinary viewpoint.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eloypena is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eloypena is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20320 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 GH8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.17 km (#5,639 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.159 |
| Rotation period | 21.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.