(20526) Bathompson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Blake Alexander Thompson (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Ft. Clarke Middle School, Gainesville, Florida.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bathompson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bathompson is 1.94 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20526 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RZ45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 9.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 4.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.932 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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