(20302) Kevinwang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kevin Yibo Wang (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kevinwang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kevinwang is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20302 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FW100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,318 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0672 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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