(20773) Aneeshvenkat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aneesh Venkat (b. 1985) was awarded first place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his earth and space sciences project. He attends the York High School, Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aneeshvenkat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aneeshvenkat is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20773 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QS208 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.90 km (#5,830 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 5.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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