(20436) Julienserrecourt Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Julien Serrecourt (b. 1980) is a French public-relations officer at the CNRS Lagrange Laboratory, Côte d’Azur Observatory, France. He actively promotes public outreach in asteroid science and planetary defense, bridging the gap between research and the public.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Julienserrecourt is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Julienserrecourt is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20436
Provisional designation1999 GA33
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.27
Orbital period3.18 years
Semi-major axis2.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.81 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.164
Inclination6.17°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.790 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Julien

Also discovered on 12 April 1999

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