(20496) Jenik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1999 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Jeník is the nickname of the main tenor character in Smetana's The Bartered Bride.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jenik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jenik is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20496 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 QA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.30 km (#10,054 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.144 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 13.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.