(316020) Linshuhow Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 2009 by Tsai, Y.-S., Chen, T. at Lulin.

After playing basketball at Harvard University, Jeremy Shu-How Lin (b. 1988) began a professional career in the NBA.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Linshuhow is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Linshuhow is 1.93 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number316020
Provisional designation2009 FV29
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)18.05
Orbital period3.44 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.85 – 2.70 au
Eccentricity0.186
Inclination1.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.839 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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