(20687) Saletore Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yogesh Saletore (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science project. He attends the Olympia High School, Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saletore is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saletore is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20687 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VQ60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.77 km (#13,284 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0888 |
| Inclination | 9.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 November 1999
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- (13435) Rohret
- (13825) Booth
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- (20686) Thottumkara
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