(10020) Bagenal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 July 1979 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Frances Bagenal (b. 1954) is a professor at the University of Colorado specializing in the study of space plasmas and planetary magnetospheres. She has been a science team member for the Voyager, Galileo and New Horizons missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bagenal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bagenal is 3.26 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10020 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 OQ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.22 km (#5,607 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Rotation period | 2.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0641 |
| Inclination | 4.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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