(20373) Fullmer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Austin Tracey Fullmer (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Flintridge Preparatory School, La Canada Flintridge, California.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fullmer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fullmer is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20373 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KX37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.50 km (#11,637 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 9.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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