(17022) Huisjen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 February 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Martin A. Huisjen (b. 1944) was the manager at Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation for the development of all the scientific instruments on the Deep Impact spacecraft. His technical and programmatic contributions include identifying alternative readout modes for the detector in the near-infrared spectrometer.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huisjen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huisjen is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17022 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 DN7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.44 km (#6,190 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 4.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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