(20558) Natashaalmeida Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Natasha Vasiliki Almeida (b. 1986) is a Greek-British Senior Curator of Meteorites at the Natural History Museum, London. She is responsible for the management, organization and conservation of over 5000 specimens in the meteorite collection, and is an expert in the non-destructive analyses of meteorites using micro-computed tomography.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Natashaalmeida is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Natashaalmeida is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20558 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RN117 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.19 km (#10,276 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.314 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 7.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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