(20482) Dustinshea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dustin James Shea (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his behavioral science project. He attends the Our Saviour School, Jacksonville, Illinois.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dustinshea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dustinshea is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20482 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NH40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.88 km (#15,501 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.162 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 3.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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