(20336) Gretamills Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Greta Mills mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Hanover High School, Hanover, New Hampshire.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Gretamills is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gretamills is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20336
Provisional designation1998 HY61
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.7
Orbital period4.28 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.16 – 3.11 au
Eccentricity0.182
Inclination2.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Greta

Also discovered on 21 April 1998

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