(17160) Jetly Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 June 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anushka Sameer Jetly (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her bioengineering project. She attended the Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jetly is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jetly is 3.12 au from the Sun and 3.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17160 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 LT10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.95 km (#9,014 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0340 |
| Inclination | 9.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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