(20279) Harel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matan Harel (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Harel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Harel is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20279 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FZ47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,788 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.139 |
| Rotation period | 5.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0840 |
| Inclination | 5.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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