(20568) Migaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Janet Migaki mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Portland Jewish Academy, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Migaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Migaki is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20568 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RC130 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.61 km (#16,037 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.341 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 6.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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