(20206) Annewellbrock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anne Wellbrock (b. 1983) is a German-British planetary scientist working at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Her research has included studies of comets’ interactions with the solar wind and solar energetic particles, and the upper atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annewellbrock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annewellbrock is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20206 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FA4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.7 km (#3,486 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.04 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0501 |
| Inclination | 15.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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