(17193) Alexeybaran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexey V. Baran (b. 1986) received the 2003 Intel Foundation Achievement Award for his mathematics project; and honorable mention in the American Mathematical Society's Karl Menger Memorial Prize. He attends the AES Centre of MSU, Moscow, Russia.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexeybaran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexeybaran is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17193 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XC205 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,146 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 6.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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