(17037) Danfleisch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 March 1999 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Dan Fleisch (b. 1951) is an American astronomer and Emeritus Professor of Physics at Wittenberg University specializing in electromagnetics and space physics. He has authored six Student's Guides books with Cambridge University Press, was Ohio's Professor of the Year in 2010, and was the Grand Canyon National Park's winter 2022 Astronomer in Residence.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danfleisch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danfleisch is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17037 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FV10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.79 km (#13,225 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.135 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0493 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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