(20788) Le Montagner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Roman Le Montagner (b. 1997) is a French research engineer, working on both the distant universe and small bodies. He is an active contributor to FINK, the broker of alerts for the LSST survey of the Vera C. Rubin observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Le Montagner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Le Montagner is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20788 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SB29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.07 km (#10,486 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.300 |
| Rotation period | 13.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 12.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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