(20211) Joycegates Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joyce Gates mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School, West Lafayette, Indiana.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joycegates is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joycegates is 3.39 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20211 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GK8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.53 km (#7,085 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 1.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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