(20347) Wunderlich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Wunderlich mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, Indiana.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wunderlich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wunderlich is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20347 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HM121 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.61 km (#8,116 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0878 |
| Inclination | 5.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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