(17415) Czeslawlang Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 14 September 1988 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
Czesław Lang (b. 1955) is one of the most famous Polish road-racing cyclists and a prominent promoter of cycling in Poland. Since 1993, he has been the Director of the Tour de Pologne. Lang was also a silver medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and a bronze and silver medalist at the Union Cycliste Internationale's Road World Championships in 1977 and 1979.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Czeslawlang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Czeslawlang is 5.33 au from the Sun and 4.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17415 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RO10 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 17.7 km (#2,551 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0900 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.22 |
| Orbital period | 11.7 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.89 – 5.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0477 |
| Inclination | 23.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 September 1988
- (4831) Baldwin
- (5233) Nastes
- (5257) Laogonus
- (5395) Shosasaki
- (6443) Harpalion
- (6899) Nancychabot
- (7565) Zipfel
- (7817) Zibiturtle
- (8482) Wayneolm
- (8642) Shawnkerry
- (8829) Buczkowski
- (9319) Hartzell
More named asteroids discovered by S. J. Bus
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- (2780) Monnig
- (2791) Paradise
- (2884) Reddish
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- (2980) Cameron
- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
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