(20207) Dyckovsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ari Misha Dyckovsky (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his physics and space-science project. He attends the Loudoun County Academy of Science, Sterling, Virginia.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dyckovsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dyckovsky is 3.22 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20207 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FB4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0792 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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