(20397) Jamierobinson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James (Jamie) Robinson (b. 1993) is a Northern Irish astronomer at the University of Edinburgh and an expert in asteroid observations in large surveys, who has worked with the ATLAS and Vera C. Rubin LSST surveys. His interests include formation processes for outer Solar System objects and apparition effects in asteroid phase curves.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jamierobinson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jamierobinson is 3.07 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20397 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MR35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.71 km (#9,384 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Rotation period | 3.75 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0832 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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