(17925) Dougweinberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Douglas Stanley Weinberg (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his zoology project. He attends the Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dougweinberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dougweinberg is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17925 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GQ17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.86 km (#15,535 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 3.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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