(20291) Raumurthy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohini Subhadra Rau-Murthy (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raumurthy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raumurthy is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20291 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FF67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.99 km (#17,048 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 3.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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