(20547) Michimani Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jonatan Michimani Garcia (b. 1989) is a Brazilian planetary scientist presently working at the Observátorio Nacional in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He specializes in deriving physical properties of small solar-system bodies from photometric and spectroscopic observations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Michimani is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michimani is 2.91 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20547
Provisional designation1999 RD105
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter11.0 km (#4,595 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0850
Absolute magnitude (H)13.35
Orbital period5.61 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.80 – 3.51 au
Eccentricity0.113
Inclination5.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.80 au

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

Also discovered on 8 September 1999

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