2020as
2020as is a designation that appears in several contexts, most notably as a provisional astronomical designation associated with objects discovered in the year 2020. In astronomy, provisional designations are assigned by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center to minor planets and comets before they receive permanent naming.
In the standard IAU system, a designation such as 2020 AS encodes the year of discovery and
Because many objects are discovered each year, a designation like 2020 AS does not uniquely identify a
Beyond astronomy, the string 2020as can function as a nonstandard code or label in other domains, such