(20883) Gervais Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Raphael Gervais (b. 1987) was awarded first place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics team project. He also received the MILSET Expo-Science Europe award. He attends the College Regina Assumpta, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gervais is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gervais is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20883 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VD58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.98 km (#15,264 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.181 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.940 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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