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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1998 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 20283 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1998 FG55 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0381936 |
| Peri | 2.0989744 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1828282 |
| Orbital period | 1503.6234192 |
| Mean anomaly | 45.73994 |
| Inclination | 3.70618 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 41.03259 |
| Argument of peri | 279.52258 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
20283 Elizaheller (1998 FG55) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1998 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
Named after Elizabeth Rose Heller (b. 1986), a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her earth and space sciences project. She attended the Nanuet High School, Nanuet, New York.