(29620) Gurbanikaur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gurbani Kaur (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her materials and bioengineering project. She attends the Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gurbanikaur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gurbanikaur is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29620 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SM140 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.92 km (#17,127 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.365 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 3.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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