(20836) Marilytedja Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marilynn Tedja (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her gerontology team project. She attends the Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marilytedja is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marilytedja is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20836 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UE51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,899 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.247 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0705 |
| Inclination | 2.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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