(20411) Jooyeongeem Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jooyeon Geem (b. 1993) is a Korean researcher at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Her research focuses on the physical properties of asteroids, particularly their hydration and dehydration processes and spectro-polarimetric behavior. She also contributes to the development of ground-based observational instrumentation.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jooyeongeem is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jooyeongeem is 3.22 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20411
Provisional designation1998 QJ69
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter11.0 km (#4,562 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0760
Absolute magnitude (H)13.45
Orbital period5.57 years
Semi-major axis3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.98 – 3.30 au
Eccentricity0.0500
Inclination15.5°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.98 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 24 August 1998

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