(20303) Lindwestrick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Linda Brown Westrick (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, Richmond, Virginia.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lindwestrick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindwestrick is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20303 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FU101 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 3.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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