(20572) Celemorrow Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Celeste Morrow mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Our Saviour School, Jacksonville, Illinois.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Celemorrow is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Celemorrow is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20572
Provisional designation1999 RN137
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.77
Orbital period4.94 years
Semi-major axis2.90 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.83 – 2.97 au
Eccentricity0.0236
Inclination1.57°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.84 au

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

Also named after someone called Celeste

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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