(20268) Racollier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachael Theresa Collier (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her environmental science project. She attends the Mediapolis High School, Mediapolis, Iowa.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Racollier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Racollier is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20268 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FC28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.26 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 6.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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