(20214) Lorikenny Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lori Kenny mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Huntington High School, Huntington, New York.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lorikenny is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lorikenny is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20214 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GL21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.81 km (#13,192 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.03 |
| Orbital period | 5.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0251 |
| Inclination | 1.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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