(20352) Pinakibose Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pinaki Bose (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Dunbar Middle School, Fort Worth, Texas.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pinakibose is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pinakibose is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20352 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HC129 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0457 |
| Inclination | 6.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 April 1998
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