(17195) Jimrichardson Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 December 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
James Richardson (b. 1961) has calculated models of the shaking of asteroids by impacts for his thesis research at the University of Arizona. As a side venture, he has provided simulation tools for reproducing the phenomenology seen by the Deep Impact mission, and these have been invaluable in planning observing sequences.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jimrichardson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jimrichardson is 3.45 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17195 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ234 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.19 km (#8,654 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0960 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 6.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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