(20754) Urbanik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marián Urbaník (b. 1970) is a Slovak amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and active NEOCP astrometric observer at Kysuce Observatory (Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia). His work includes follow-up astrometry and photometry of near-Earth objects and small Solar System bodies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Urbanik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Urbanik is 2.97 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20754 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AD244 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0773 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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