(20287) Munteanu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrei Munteanu (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his earth and space sciences project. He attends the Benjamin Banneker High School, Washington, District of Columbia.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Munteanu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Munteanu is 2.85 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20287 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FT61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.72 km (#13,409 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 1.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.942 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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