(20781) Znasik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Miroslav Znášik (b. 1956) is a Slovak scientist and former director of the Regional Observatory in Žilina (1986–2012). A graduate of Comenius University’s Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, he specialized in meteoroid and interplanetary-body observations, positional astronomy and occultations, and was active in education and public outreach.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 39), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Znasik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Znasik is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20781 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RX38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.36 km (#16,505 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.317 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 5.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.912 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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