(20349) Gabrielpinto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gabriel Pinto Morales (b. 1992) is a Chilean geologist at UCN, Chile, with a Ph.D. from the University of Lorraine, France and the Universidad de Atacama, Chile. His studies include dust formation in the early Solar System, weathering and distribution of meteorites in the Atacama Desert, and bio-weathering and microorganism colonization in chondrites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gabrielpinto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gabrielpinto is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20349 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HU123 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.16 km (#10,338 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Rotation period | 5.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 14.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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