(20604) Vrishikpatil Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vrishikumar Patil (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry team project. He attends the Shree Baldevdas Kikani Vidyamandir Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.Naming citation (20041226/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vrishikpatil is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vrishikpatil is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20604 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RW205 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,592 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Rotation period | 5.95 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 8.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.974 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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