(20220) Beebe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 1997 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Wilson Beebe (b. 1993) is an American researcher at the University of Washington, where he develops software for discovering faint trans-Neptunian objects with novel shift-and-stack techniques in large astronomical survey image data, especially the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beebe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beebe is 2.98 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20220 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GA40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0966 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.