(20581) Prendergast Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dana Prendergast mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Arcola Intermediate School, Norristown, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prendergast is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prendergast is 2.20 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20581 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RQ152 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.79 km (#15,678 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.207 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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