(20544) Kimhansell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kim Hansell mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Pine Valley Middle School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimhansell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimhansell is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20544 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RG100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.42 km (#16,413 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0784 |
| Inclination | 8.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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