(20725) Juliuscsotonyi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Julius Thomas Csotonyi (b. 1973) is a renowned Canadian paleoartist and natural-history illustrator, who has a Master's degree in Ecology and Environmental Biology and a Ph.D. in microbiology. His earliest drawings, as young as age 3, were of dinosaurs. Julius has won the Lanzendorf-National Geographic PaleoArt Prize three times.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #19, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliuscsotonyi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliuscsotonyi is 2.69 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20725 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XP120 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.60 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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