(20351) Kaborchardt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kasey Lynn Borchardt (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her mathematics project. She attends the Vernon Middle School, Vernon, Texas.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaborchardt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaborchardt is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20351 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HN127 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.76 km (#13,303 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 3.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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