(17927) Ghoshal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shivani Ghoshal (b. 1986) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ghoshal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ghoshal is 2.30 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17927 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GL20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.25 km (#16,700 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.319 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0548 |
| Inclination | 4.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Shivani
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Also discovered on 15 April 1999
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- (17064) Ashnashah
- (17065) Shrilashah
- (17066) Ginagallant
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- (17070) Yanniksingh
- (17071) Spiride
- (17917) Cartan
- (17921) Aldeobaldia
- (17923) Strother