(20600) Danieltse Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Tse (b. 1985) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danieltse is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danieltse is 2.81 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20600 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RC197 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.03 km (#10,558 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 6.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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