(20685) Sanchez-Cano Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Beatriz Sánchez-Cano (b. 1986) is a Spanish-British planetary scientist at the University of Leicester (UK). She specializes in planetary ionospheres, solar wind interactions, and heliophysics, with research also covering comet-planet dynamics and space weather at minor bodies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sanchez-Cano is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sanchez-Cano is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20685 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VX48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.70 km (#11,227 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.349 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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