(17249) Eliotyoung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Eliot F. Young (b. 1962), of the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, studies volatile transport on outer-solar-system bodies. He has used the mutual events between Pluto and Pluto I (Charon) to determine their radii and to derive albedo and color maps of Pluto.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eliotyoung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eliotyoung is 3.49 au from the Sun and 4.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17249 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GM110 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.58 km (#6,088 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 3.53 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 2.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.