(20744) Susannewampfler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Susanne Wampfler (b. 1981) is a Swiss astronomer. She is an expert in astrochemistry, working on the compositional and isotopic links between star-forming environments and primitive solar system matter. Susanne contributed to the detection of ammonium salts and the determination of the isotopic and molecular inventories of comet 67P.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Susannewampfler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susannewampfler is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20744 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AO151 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.09 km (#8,789 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Rotation period | 139 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 8.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Susanne
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Also discovered on 8 January 2000
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