(20777) Zhouwenhan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wen-Han Zhou (b. 1998) is a Chinese scientist who completed his Ph.D. at Côte d’Azur Observatory in 2024 (Nice, France). His work focuses on the rotational evolution of asteroids and contributed to advances in our understanding of the YORP and Yarkovsky effects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 39), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhouwenhan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhouwenhan is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20777 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RX10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.10 km (#7,516 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0880 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 3.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Han
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Also discovered on 1 September 2000
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