(17009) Jasonping Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jason Ping (b. 2002) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attended the Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jasonping is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jasonping is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17009 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CM70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.90 km (#10,812 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.352 |
| Rotation period | 2.73 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 5.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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