(20524) Bustersikes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Leon R. Sikes, III (“Buster”, b. 1959), is a Florida businessman and amateur astronomer. Since 1999 he has coordinated an ongoing minor-planet astrometry program at Jupiter Observatory using automated equipment.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bustersikes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bustersikes is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20524 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RJ42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.11 km (#7,497 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.265 |
| Rotation period | 39.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 8.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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