(20274) Halperin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bruce David Halperin (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Halperin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Halperin is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20274 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FZ40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.12 km (#16,888 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.188 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0975 |
| Inclination | 0.145° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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