(20377) Jakubisin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel James Jakubisin (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his physical science project. He attends the St. Angela Merici School, Fairview Park, Ohio.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jakubisin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jakubisin is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20377 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KX46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 1.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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