(20695) Santiagoiglesias Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Santiago Iglesias Alvarez (b. 1998) is a Spanish researcher at the Institute of Space Sciences and Technologies of Asturias at the University of Oviedo, Spain. His expertise ranges from the study of the rotational properties of NEAs to the detection of exoplanets using advanced mathematical methods.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Santiagoiglesias is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Santiagoiglesias is 3.26 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20695 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VM92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.74 km (#5,972 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0880 |
| Inclination | 5.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Santiago
All asteroids named after someone called Santiago
Also discovered on 9 November 1999
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