(20533) Irmabonham Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Irma Bonham mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Robinson Middle School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Irmabonham is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Irmabonham is 3.15 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20533 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RO72 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0808 |
| Inclination | 3.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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