(11707) Grigery Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chelsea Nicole Grigery (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She attends the Sikeston Junior High School, Sikeston, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grigery is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grigery is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11707 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HW17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.862 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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