(20423) Juanluisrizos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Juan Luis Rizos Garcia (b. 1986) is a Spanish researcher at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia. His contributions include compositional characterization of TNOs and asteroids, in particular targets of NASA and ESA space missions like Bennu (OSIRIS-REx), Ceres (Dawn), and Didymos-Dimorphos (Hera).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juanluisrizos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juanluisrizos is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20423 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VN7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.17 km (#7,443 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Rotation period | 5.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.235 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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