(20296) Shayestorm Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shaye Perry Storm (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Midwood High School, Brooklyn, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shayestorm is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shayestorm is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20296 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FL76 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 7.04 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 5.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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