(20298) Gordonsu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gordon L. Su (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gordonsu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gordonsu is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20298 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FW77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.86 km (#10,891 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0948 |
| Inclination | 7.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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