(17950) Grover Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vaishali Kiran Grover (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science project. She attends the Miami Coral Park Senior High School, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Grover is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grover is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17950 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JS18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 6.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.936 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 May 1999
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- (11225) Borden
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- (11228) Botnick
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- (11413) Catanach
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