(17856) Gomes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Rodney Gomes da Silva (b. 1954) has produced a series of seminal works on the dynamics of minor planets, primordial sculpting of the Kuiper Belt, and the migration of planets in planetesimal disks, as well as on the origin of the late heavy bombardment of the terrestrial planets.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gomes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gomes is 2.79 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17856 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.94 km (#12,874 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0427 |
| Inclination | 2.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Rodney
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