(20732) Snedeker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lawrence G. Snedeker (b. 1966) is an American engineer at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. He supervises antenna and transmitter operations at DSS-13 and DSS-14 and has provided essential support for numerous Goldstone radar observations of near-Earth asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 34), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Snedeker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Snedeker is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20732 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XB167 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.51 km (#7,100 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.237 |
| Rotation period | 14.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.11 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0965 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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