(20213) Saurabhsharan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Saurabh Sharan (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his computer-science project. He attends the Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saurabhsharan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saurabhsharan is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20213 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GE20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0640 |
| Inclination | 2.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.