(17697) Evanchen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Evan Matthew Chen (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his bioengineering project. He attends the Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minnesota.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Evanchen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evanchen is 3.08 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17697 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 EQ41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.82 km (#7,849 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.115 |
| Rotation period | 2.99 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.91 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0303 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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