(20823) Liutingchun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Liu Ting-Chun (b. 1986) was awarded first place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science team project. She attends the National Taoyuan Senior High School, Taoyuan, Taiwan.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Liutingchun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Liutingchun is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20823 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UZ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.15 km (#7,458 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 5.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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