(20088) Adambattle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Adam McShane Battle (b. 1993) is an American planetary astronomer who received his doctorate from the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in 2024. His area of expertise is focused on reflectance spectra and photometry of near-Earth asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adambattle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adambattle is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20088 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PQ10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.09 km (#10,445 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.247 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0107 |
| Inclination | 3.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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