(20374) Gomesjunior Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Altair Ramos Gomes Junior (b. 1990) is a Brazilian adjunct professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil), specializing in astrometry, orbital dynamics, and stellar occultations. He is the main developer of a Python library called SORA, which has become fundamental for the efficient and detailed analysis of stellar occultations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gomesjunior is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gomesjunior is 3.56 au from the Sun and 4.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20374 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KD38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,473 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 14.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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