(20564) Michaellane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Lane mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the C.V. Koogler Middle School, Aztec, New Mexico.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaellane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaellane is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20564 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RT122 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.44 km (#14,135 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.312 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0924 |
| Inclination | 4.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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