(17250) Genelucas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 2000 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Gene A. Lucas (b. 1946), an amateur astronomer and telescope maker since 1961, cofounded the Saguaro Astronomy Club in Phoenix in 1977 and was an astrovideography pioneer in live public-television broadcasts of comet 1P/Halley during 1985-1986.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Genelucas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Genelucas is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17250 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GW122 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.0 km (#5,084 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 1.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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