(17746) Haigha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 1998 by Kagawa, T., Urata, T. at Gekko.
Haigha, pronounced to rhyme with ‘mayor’, is an Anglo-Saxon messenger of the king in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. He lives on the Hill. The name was suggested by T. Urata.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haigha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haigha is 2.01 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17746 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BU41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 7.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.