(20454) Pedrajo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ana Cristina Pedrajo (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the George Washington Carver Middle School, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pedrajo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pedrajo is 2.30 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20454 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 LD4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.75 km (#15,769 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 6.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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