(20898) Fountainhills Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 November 2000 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
The town of Fountain Hills, Arizona, incorporated in 1989, is nestled in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains east of Scottsdale. It offers beautiful high Sonoran desert and mountain views, and it is home to one of the world's tallest water fountains, which can attain a height of 170 meters.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fountainhills is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fountainhills is 3.55 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20898 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WE147 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 37.3 km (#1,061 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0505 |
| Rotation period | 12.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.37 |
| Orbital period | 8.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 4.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 6.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.470 |
| Inclination | 44.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 November 2000
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- (22168) Weissflog
- (37250) Juliemitchell
- (63129) Courtemanche
- (88146) Castello
- (607372) Colombounilanka
- (716260) Baybayan