(16920) Larrywalker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Larry Walker mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Oak Ridge High School, Conroe, Texas.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Larrywalker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Larrywalker is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16920 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FR37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 61.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0390 |
| Inclination | 5.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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