(20135) Juels Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 1996 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Charles W. Juels (b. 1944) of Fountain Hills, Arizona, is a public health physician/psychiatrist and an amateur astronomer who discovered and demonstrated that hunting minor planets can be an addictive activity. In only a year and a half he has been credited with the discovery of 65 numbered objects.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juels is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juels is 3.37 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20135 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 JC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 0.892° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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