(20566) Laurielee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Laurie Lee mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Imlay City Middle School, Imlay City, Michigan.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laurielee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laurielee is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20566 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RV125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.36 km (#11,918 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 7.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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