(20175) Starmus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
The Starmus Festival is an international festival, first held in 2011 to celebrate 50 years of manned space flight. Starmus focuses on astronomy, space exploration, music, art and natural sciences, and brings together some of the most brilliant minds on the planet to enhance science communication.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #15, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Starmus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Starmus is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20175 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XJ27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.91 km (#5,150 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0958 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.