(20535) Marshburrows Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Marsha Burrows mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Buckner Fanning Christian School at Mission Springs, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Marshburrows is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marshburrows is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20535
Provisional designation1999 RV74
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.96
Orbital period3.38 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.51 au
Eccentricity0.115
Inclination4.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.00 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Marsha

Also discovered on 7 September 1999

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