(20465) Vervack Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 June 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ronald J. Vervack, Jr. (b. 1966), of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has advanced the understanding of processes occurring in planetary atmospheres and cometary comae.Naming citation (20080718/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vervack is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vervack is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20465 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 MJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.38 km (#14,287 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Rotation period | 3.14 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 7.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.000 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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