(29575) Gundlapalli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Prithvi Gundlapalli (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his chemistry project. He attends the Saint Andrew's Junior College, Singapore, Singapore.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gundlapalli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gundlapalli is 3.46 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29575 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FM51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.19 km (#8,650 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0960 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 5.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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