(17452) Amurreka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The Amour river in Russia flows across northern Asia from the mountains of northeastern China to the Sea of Okhotsk. With a length of 4444 km, the Amurreka drains diverse landscapes of desert, steppe, tundra and taiga. The river forms the border between the Russian Far East and northeastern China.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amurreka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amurreka is 2.76 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17452 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 QE10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 12.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0693 |
| Inclination | 5.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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