(20372) Juliafanning Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Julia Alexine Fanning (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Buckner Fanning Christian School at Mission Springs, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliafanning is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliafanning is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20372 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KS35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 0.757° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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