(20593) Freilich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Janet Freilich (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry project. She attends the Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Freilich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Freilich is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20593 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RM180 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,499 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Rotation period | 7.15 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0752 |
| Inclination | 7.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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