(17897) Gallardo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Tabaré Gallardo (b. 1962) is a dynamicist at the astronomy department of the University of the Republic, Montevideo. He works on the dynamics of minor bodies, transneptunian objects and extrasolar planets.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gallardo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gallardo is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17897 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FV8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.93 km (#15,394 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.172 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 1.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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