(20629) Robert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vincent Robert (b. 1982) is a French professor at IPSA and researcher at Paris observatory. A specialist in high precision astrometry and the dynamics of small bodies, he is an expert in the digitization of old photographic glass-plates, and leader of the NAROO program for the new astrometric reduction of old photographic observations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Robert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robert is 2.70 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20629 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TB90 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.71 km (#9,388 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.136 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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