(20574) Ochinero Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marcia Collin Ochinero mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the St. Andrew School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ochinero is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ochinero is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20574 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RZ139 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.15 km (#16,855 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.461 |
| Rotation period | 8.37 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0718 |
| Inclination | 6.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marcia
All asteroids named after someone called Marcia
Also discovered on 9 September 1999
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