(20529) Zwerling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Blake Gordon Zwerling (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Portland Jewish Academy, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zwerling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zwerling is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20529 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RM53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 86.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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