(20280) Colazo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Milagros Rita Colazo (b. 1996) is an Argentinian planetary scientist. She earned her Ph.D. in 2023 from the National University of Córdoba and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Her work focuses on asteroid phase curves, photometry, and large surveys, including the LSST.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Colazo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Colazo is 2.20 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20280 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FQ49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 1.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.913 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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