(20265) Yuyinchen Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yuyin Chen (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 Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yuyinchen is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yuyinchen is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20265
Provisional designation1998 FP23
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.5
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.16 – 2.51 au
Eccentricity0.0749
Inclination2.35°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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