(20472) Mollypettit Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Molly Lauren Pettit (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Beaumont Middle School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mollypettit is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mollypettit is 2.72 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20472 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NL7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.41 km (#9,869 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Molly
All asteroids named after someone called Molly
Also discovered on 13 July 1999
- (11746) Thomjansen
- (11747) Libbykamen
- (12118) Mirotsin
- (12119) Memamis
- (12121) Greenwald
- (12572) Sadegh
- (15501) Pepawlowski
- (18821) Markhavel
- (18836) Raymundto
- (19582) Blow
- (19584) Sarahgerin
- (19585) Zachopkins
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- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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