(20350) Georgebrydon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
George Frederick Brydon (b. 1992) is a British scientist at the University of Glasgow. His research concentrates on spaceborne imaging and cameras. For his Ph.D. at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, he performed design work for the Comet Interceptor mission’s EnVisS camera.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgebrydon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgebrydon is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20350 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HV125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.62 km (#6,973 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.278 |
| Rotation period | 90.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 3.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.322 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.999 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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