(20896) Tiphene Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Didier Tiphene (b. 1957) is deputy director of the Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique at Paris Observatory. He specializes in detector development for astronomy space missions.Naming citation (20080718/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tiphene is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tiphene is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20896 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WW141 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.76 km (#7,930 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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