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Discovery
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| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery date | September 27, 2000 |
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Designations
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| Alternate name(s) | 2000 SU172 |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch November ?, 2005? (JD 2453700.5?) | |
| Aphelion | 537.241 Gm (3.591 AU) |
| Perihelion | 390.626 Gm (2.611 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 463.911 Gm (3.101 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Orbital period | 1994.926 d (5.46 a) |
| Average orbital speed | ? km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 14.664° |
| Inclination | 2.819° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 40.926° |
| Argument of perihelion | 66.041° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | ?km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
| Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | ? m/s² |
| Escape velocity | ? km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Albedo | ? |
| Temperature | 14.66 K |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
20799 Ashishbakshi is a minor planet discovered on September 27, 2000 by MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program. It lies in the Ceres belt of the solar system.
It was named in honor of Ashish Bakshi (b. 1988), who was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project, Designing a System for Versatile Semi-Autonomous Robots. He again won the second place Grand Award in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his project, Polycaprolactone-Chitosan Nanocomposite Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing.
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