(20534) Bozeman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melissa Bozeman mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Ft. Clarke Middle School, Gainesville, Florida.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bozeman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bozeman is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20534 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RU74 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.43 km (#16,409 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0388 |
| Inclination | 4.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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