(20755) Valeriegodard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Valérie Godard (b. 1966) is a French thin-section producer (litholamelist) at Le Laboratoire Géosciences Paris-Saclay. For 40 years, she has been producing thin sections of various rocks and meteorites to study the Solar System.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Valeriegodard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Valeriegodard is 3.40 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20755 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BX6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.4 km (#3,049 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Rotation period | 13.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.84 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 17.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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