(20818) Karmadiraju Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kartik Madiraju (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental science project. He attends the Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karmadiraju is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karmadiraju is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20818 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 TQ54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.64 km (#6,949 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.84 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0884 |
| Inclination | 1.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 October 2000
- (20817) Liuxiaofeng
- (34589) Sarahadamo
- (34591) Saadhahmed
- (34592) Amirtharaj
- (34599) Burzinbalsara
- (62666) Rainawessen