(17225) Alanschorn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Alan Schorn for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Schorn is a teacher at the John L. Miller - Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alanschorn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alanschorn is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17225 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CS60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.21 km (#12,242 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.208 |
| Rotation period | 48.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 5.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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