(20066) Sagov Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1993 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Stanley E. Sagov (b. 1944) is a highly respected family-practice physician who also taught at Harvard Medical School; he obtained his MD at the University of Cape Town before moving to the US. Sagov also is well known as an accomplished jazz musician. Name proposed by D. W. E. Green, whose family was attended by Dr. Sagov for nearly forty years.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #2, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sagov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sagov is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20066 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TM4 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.18 km (#6,405 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0960 |
| Rotation period | 87.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.19 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0209 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Stanley
All asteroids named after someone called Stanley
Also discovered on 8 October 1993
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- (6924) Fukui
- (7097) Yatsuka
- (8099) Okudoiyoshimi
- (10560) Michinari
- (10828) Tomjones
- (15330) de Almeida
- (15790) Keizan
- (35170) Mizunochisato