20793 Goldinaaron is a main-belt

Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 discovered on September 24, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro

Socorro, New Mexico

Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It stands in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . The population was 9,051 at the 2010 census...

.

It was named for Aaron Goldin, the 2004 winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific research event in the world, and is owned and administered by the Society for Science & the Public a 501 non-profit organization based in Washington, DC...

. He also won the 2004 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. That same year, he attended the Summer Science Program

Summer Science Program

The Summer Science Program is an intense six-week summer program for intellectually talented high school students. The program is based on a collaborative research project in celestial mechanics. Students study astronomy, physics, spherical trigonometry, and calculus while working to take...

, which teach astronomy, calculus, and physics through observations of an asteroid and calculation of its orbit.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 20793 Goldinaaron