(20342) Trinh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jonathan Trinh mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Hightower High School, Missouri City, Texas.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Trinh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trinh is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20342 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HB97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.61 km (#13,692 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0230 |
| Inclination | 3.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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