(20355) Saraclark Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sara Catherine Clark (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her physical science project. She attends the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saraclark is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saraclark is 2.30 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20355 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HD146 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 4.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.969 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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