(70720) Davidskillman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Named in honor of David R. Skillman (b. 1945) for his decades-long contributions to asteroid searching, stellar binary star systems and as lead systems engineer for the Hubble Space Telescope at Goddard Space Flight Center.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-08-10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidskillman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidskillman is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 70720 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UB53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.07 km (#10,488 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0281 |
| Inclination | 22.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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