(20301) Thakur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gaurav Subhash Thakur (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Learning Community International, Annapolis, Maryland.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thakur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thakur is 2.15 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20301 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FY99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.08 km (#12,533 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0754 |
| Inclination | 7.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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