(20289) Nettimi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Divya Nettimi (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nettimi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nettimi is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20289
Provisional designation1998 FQ64
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period3.83 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.24
Orbital period3.54 years
Semi-major axis2.32 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.124
Inclination6.45°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

Also named after someone called Divya

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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