(20837) Ramanlal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nimish Ramanlal (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project. He attends the Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ramanlal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ramanlal is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20837 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UX52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 4.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 2.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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