(20054) Lagrimarios Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Lida Melba Benavídez Tabárez (Lágrima Ríos, 1924–2006) was an Afro-Uruguayan singer who excelled in candombe and tango, the two representative genres of the Río de la Plata region. She promoted her art through many countries as a reference for Afro-Uruguayan culture, and was designated “Woman of the Year” in Montevideo in 2002.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #14, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lagrimarios is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lagrimarios is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20054 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FX37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.26 km (#12,139 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.323 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0814 |
| Inclination | 2.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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