(20893) Rosymccloskey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Roisin McCloskey (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics team project. She attends the Lumen Christi College, Derry, Ulster, Ireland.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rosymccloskey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rosymccloskey is 1.83 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20893 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WJ75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.64 km (#15,991 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.232 |
| Rotation period | 4.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 4.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.791 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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