(20854) Tetruashvily Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mazell Tetruashvily (b. 1986) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health project. She also received the Intel Foundation Achievement Award. She attends the Cherokee High School, Marlton, New Jersey, U.S.A.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tetruashvily is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tetruashvily is 2.10 au from the Sun and 1.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20854 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VH27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.03 km (#8,894 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 4.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 November 2000
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