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| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | May 22, 1998 |
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| MPC designation | 20373 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1998 KX37 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1832672 |
| Peri | 2.3514660 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1502875 |
| Orbital period | 1681.5061138 |
| Mean anomaly | 46.61881 |
| Inclination | 9.28874 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 89.10056 |
| Argument of peri | 170.08071 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
20373 Fullmer (1998 KX37) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 22, 1998 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. It is named after Austin Tracey Fullmer (b. 1990) a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), and winner of the Discovery Consumer Products Sight To See Award in the "Extreme Einstein Challenges", for his botany and zoology project using Blue Green Algae to create Bio Fuel. He attended the Flintridge Preparatory School, La Canada Flintridge, California.
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