(46920) Suzanedwards Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 1998 by CSS at Catalina.
Suzan Edwards (b. 1951) is the L. Clark Seelye Professor of Astronomy at Smith College. Edwards studies and has made significant contributions to the understanding of the formation of stars, the evolution of planet-forming disks, and the role played by disk- and stellar-driven winds during the early phases of stellar evolution.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suzanedwards is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suzanedwards is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 46920 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SX12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.98 km (#7,682 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.109 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0263 |
| Inclination | 27.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Clark
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Also discovered on 23 September 1998
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