(20598) Pilat-Lohinger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elke Pilat-Lohinger (b. 1965) is an Austrian planetary scientist at the University of Vienna and TU Graz. Her research focuses on the long-term dynamical evolution, chaos, and habitability with significant contributions to the study of near-Earth objects, trans-Neptunian populations, and Oort-cloud comets using advanced computational techniques.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pilat-Lohinger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pilat-Lohinger is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20598 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RO194 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.01 km (#12,718 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.276 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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