(20281) Kathartman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Hartman (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her earth and space sciences project. She attends the Guilderland Central High School, Guilderland Center, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kathartman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kathartman is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20281 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FZ49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.32 km (#14,413 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.334 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 7.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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