(20579) Pavelzigo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pavel Zigo (b. 1960) is a Slovak electrotechnical engineer and astronomer of the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra, Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on forward-scatter observations of meteors and the radar observability functions. He is coauthor of the All-sky Meteor Orbit System.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pavelzigo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pavelzigo is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20579 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RX149 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.10 km (#10,428 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.325 |
| Rotation period | 3.24 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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