(20607) Vernazza Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Pierre Vernazza (b. 1979) is a planetary scientist working at the European Space Agency's European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk. He studies spectroscopy of minor planets and young families of minor planets.Naming citation (20080718/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vernazza is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vernazza is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20607 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RR219 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.0 km (#3,143 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 9.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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