(20736) Sultana Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Robin Sultana (b. 1995) is a French planetary scientist at the LIRA-Paris Observatory. He specializes in interpreting the composition, and the thermal and emissivity properties of small bodies and planetary satellites, through thermophysical modeling and laboratory experiments on planetary analogues.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sultana is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sultana is 3.12 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20736 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XV170 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.8 km (#3,182 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0561 |
| Inclination | 8.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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