(17148) Arifirester Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ari Joseph Firester (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his engineering project. He attended the Hunter College High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arifirester is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arifirester is 3.61 au from the Sun and 4.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17148 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JJ105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.82 km (#10,977 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.333 |
| Rotation period | 2.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 9.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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