(20747) Tanialepivert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tania LePivert-Jolivet (b. 1997) is a French researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain), specializing in the composition of primitive asteroids. Her research includes the study of visible and infrared spectra obtained with ground- and space-based telescopes, and laboratory analysis of asteroid samples from space missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanialepivert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanialepivert is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20747 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AM186 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.25 km (#7,374 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Rotation period | 5.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 13.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tania
All asteroids named after someone called Tania
Also discovered on 8 January 2000
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