(20584) Brigidsavage Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Brigid Savage mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Feagin Mill Middle School, Warner Robins, Georgia.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Brigidsavage is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brigidsavage is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20584
Provisional designation1999 RP159
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.56
Orbital period5.01 years
Semi-major axis2.93 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 3.21 au
Eccentricity0.0980
Inclination3.10°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.63 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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