(20288) Nachbaur Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Moriah Katherine Nachbaur (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her botany project. She attends the Crystal Springs Uplands School, Hillsborough, California.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nachbaur is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nachbaur is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20288
Provisional designation1998 FR62
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.02 km (#10,583 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0380
Absolute magnitude (H)15.47
Orbital period3.69 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.02 – 2.76 au
Eccentricity0.155
Inclination1.74°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.00 au

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

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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