(20696) Torresduarte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Luis Eduardo Torres Duarte (b. 1984) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He attends the C.B.T.i.s. No. 168, Aguascalientes, Mexico.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Torresduarte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Torresduarte is 3.49 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20696 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VJ95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.67 km (#8,036 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Rotation period | 5.83 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 1.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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