(20536) Tracicarter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Traci A. Carter mentored a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Providence Christian School, Cape Coral, Florida.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tracicarter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tracicarter is 1.93 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20536 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RF81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 2.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.897 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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