(20295) Corgne Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexandre Corgne (b. 1977) is a French-Chilean petrologist and geochemist with a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, England. He published several articles on planetary differentiation and meteorites. Alexandre is the co-founder and head of the Pelom Kura meteorite repository, the only one in Chile recognized by the Meteoritical Society.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Corgne is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Corgne is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20295 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FF75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.50 km (#11,622 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.457 |
| Rotation period | 71.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 7.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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