(17893) Arlot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
Jean-Eudes Arlot (b. 1948) is the current director of the Institut de Mécanique Céleste in Paris and chair of the IAU Commission 20 working group on satellites. He has worked on a theory of the motions of Jupiter's Galilean satellites and organized international campaigns to observe the mutual phenomena of these bodies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arlot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arlot is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17893 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,552 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Rotation period | 4.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 4.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.887 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 March 1999
- (17029) Cuillandre
- (29834) Mariacallas
- (33434) Scottmanley
- (53258) Kerryannlecky
- (56170) Rolandovillazon