(20329) Manfro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nina Manfro mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Susan E. Wagner High School, Staten Island, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Manfro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manfro is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20329 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HQ43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.67 km (#15,931 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.227 |
| Rotation period | 8.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0427 |
| Inclination | 5.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Nina
All asteroids named after someone called Nina
Also discovered on 20 April 1998
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