(20483) Sinay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniella Sinay (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Hillel Academy, Fairfield, Connecticut.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sinay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sinay is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20483 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NK41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 7.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.898 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Daniella
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