(20396) Jaemannkyeong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jaemann Kyeong (b. 1966) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. He participated in the Near Space Optical Survey to discover potentially-hazardous asteroids from the southern hemisphere, and is also involved in the OWL-Net project, which uses a global network of automated telescopes.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jaemannkyeong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaemannkyeong is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20396 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MF32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.38 km (#9,921 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00719 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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